Pat's Work

My photographs and video practices are primarily documentary, and revolve around my fascination with humanity. In my work I emphasize how environments, social interactions, and daily tasks are different from one subject to the next. Creating a visual dialogue with my viewers, I invite them to the world of another, and allow them to exercise their own morals and judgement through my pieces.

While photographing and capturing footage, I tend to capture moments where and when they naturally occur. I usually don’t set scenes, rather, I approach my subjects with the intention of documenting their current living situations, and normal everyday tasks. I often meet people though social networking, and create a foundation of my work though conversation. I want to emphasize the differences in norms, and how lives can be completely different from one another.