E is for Empty Yourself, 2024
Silver gelatin prints
E is for Empty Yourself is a long-term photographic project focusing on my father, our relationship, and his journey through addiction, recovery, and disability, in the aftermath of a career as a police officer. My father, Paul, worked the night shift as an NYPD officer in the Bronx during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s. In 2022, he moved into a new apartment in Queens, marking the first time he’s lived alone in over 15 years. This project focuses on this new chapter of his life. I position my father’s struggles as yet another, albeit more personal, failure of the criminal justice system. Within this work, I am trying to bring considerations of class, education, and workplace conditions into larger discussions around state violence, the future of the American worker, and the institution of policing.
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