this series of images were taken from the homes of family members on both sides of my family, on different sides of the world. part are from wisconsin, part are from serbia. having a small immediate family, i often feel a lack of the comfort associated with large, close families. however, whenever i visit the homes of my grandparents in wisconsin, or my aunts and uncles in serbia, i feel a strong rootedness to collective and personal pasts and a sense of belonging that is hard to come by in my day to day life. these houses, like the families they have sheltered, have bore witness to decades of monumental changes, from the death of an predominantly agricultural nation, to the dismantling of yugoslavia. through sometimes volatile and unpredictable times, these spaces have withstood rough tides, and rather, reflect to a greater extent the gentle rhythms of everyday life, carving and sculpting upon a space. despite being from vastly different corners of the world, i'm often startled by how similarly these households, from opposite sides of my family, from different parts of the globe, relate to one another, as i cherish the timelessness of these personal sanctuaries.
