The Project Room

How do our images reveal who we are? I’ve been thinking deeply about the images we are drawn to over a lifetime — and the photographs we continue making across decades without fully realizing the emotional threads connecting them. These two images were made in Italy nearly forty years apart. One photographed on film while I was a student living in Florence in the 1980s studying photography and art history. The other made in Toffia in 2023 during a month-long artist residency. I often feel a gravitational pull toward both of them. I keep them near me in the studio, returning to them again and again. There is a quiet comfort, beauty, memory, and emotional familiarity in both images that continues to draw me in. Different decades. Different tools. A visual roadmap to oneself, uncovering one’s true heart and soul. Forty years of life experience between these images. I am no longer the same woman I was at 21, yet I realize I am still drawn to many of the same emotional and visual threads: the quiet, the nostalgia, the caretaker tending his land, the beauty found in daily ritual, the desire to notice and hold onto fleeting moments of life. The photographer unconsciously reveals themselves through what they are emotionally compelled to photograph. This reflection has led me to begin developing a new intimate artist-led visual inquiry salon exploring memory, identity, visual attraction, emotional repetition, and self-recognition through images. A space for conversation, reflection, sequencing, and discovering what we may have been returning to our entire lives without fully realizing it. Small-group salon workshops and private sessions coming soon. My approach is shaped not only by formal study in photography and art history, but by decades of lived observation, collaborative practice, intergenerational experience, and sustained inquiry into memory, identity, and visual storytelling. Visual Artist | Founder of The Project Room Artist-Researcher exploring memory, visual storytelling, and reflective image inquiry. Currently in development -What We Return To- More details soon to follow through The Project Room website.

A new gathering at The Project Room. An intimate Foto Book Salon—centered around a single photobook, shared through storytelling, slow looking, conversation, and aperitivo. Each salon brings together a small, thoughtfully curated group—collectors, enthusiasts, and those drawn to the photobook as both object and narrative. On Wednesday, May 6, I’ll be sharing Le Retour by Roxane Cassehgari. Le Retour takes the form of a passport, with beautiful details—gold hot foil stamping, stitching, and a dedicated identity page. The book explores memory, distance, and the quiet pull of a place that continues to live within us. Holding it—much like my own passport—feels deeply personal, evoking a sense of connection, movement, and the desire to engage more closely with our global community. Each guest receives a copy of the book. May 6, 2026 • 5:30–7:00 pm A few places remain. DM to inquire and RSVP.

LOVE STORIES… The magic light that passes from one to another… The unspoken… The timeless… A picture can hold what words cannot. Poetic photographic storytelling available upon request. #lovestories #poeticphotography #visualstorytelling #emotionalstorytelling #cinematicphotography

Unique work available. As February approaches… La Lettera explores correspondence, mark making, and the traces of feeling that remain. It’s a piece about what lingers when something meaningful remains unresolved. DM for details or to acquire #collectart #art #mixedmediacollage #visualstoryteller #artmatters

This is what it feels like to take a workshop at The Project Room. Thoughtful people. A small group. Inspired connection. Creative collaboration I care deeply about creating spaces that feel warm, intentional, and creatively alive — where learning and inspiration happen naturally, through conversation, play, and presence. More to come. #artistworkshops #salontalks #creativecommunity #visualstorytelling

Gardens of Complexity A new body of work installed on the wall. Beginning as a study of Italian frescoes, this work has evolved into a layered, site-responsive installation that lives between photography, painting, and sculpture. Using a hybrid process that moves between camera, digital darkroom, and hand-applied gesture, archival pigment settles into heavyweight cotton rag, shaped through cutting, layering, and installation in direct response to the space. The work holds surface, light, and mark — echoing fresco and mural traditions while remaining rooted in contemporary image-making. Swipe to move closer — the second slide offers a walking view, revealing material, gesture, and physical presence. I am continuing to develop this body of work and process through 2026, with plans for site-specific installations. If you’d like to learn more, feel free to DM. #GardensOfComplexity #siteresponsiveart #installationart #ItalianFrescoeInspired #contemporaryart

The Project Room is excited to welcome Delphine Diallo as our January Artist-in-Residence. On Saturday, Jan. 17, we open our doors for an intimate afternoon workshop exploring how A.I., perception, and art are reshaping the way we see and create. Together, we’ll dismantle old visual frameworks, awaken new ways of seeing, and co-create images that point toward the future. Limited to 8 participants. Link in bio for details & registration. DM with questions. #TheProjectRoom #DelphineDiallo #ArtistInResidence #AInArt #WomenInArt

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New workshop 💫 THE PROJECT ROOM- SAN FRANCISCO The Digital Darkroom Saturday, Oct 25 1:30 - 5:30 pm Russian Hill Gather, learn and be inspired… at THE PROJECT ROOM for a half-day workshop dedicated to color and editing with our Artist in Residence, Portuguese photographic artist Teresa Freitas. Explore how post-production can refine your visual language and bring coherence to your images. You will go through Teresa’s workflow and approach to color, and then work individually on your images to develop consistency and direction. *Optional photowalk in the morning (09:30 - 12:00) for those who’d like to gather fresh material to edit in the afternoon. $325 per person Limited spots available Link in bio to register DM to inquire #photoworkshop #colorworkshop #visualstorytelling #inspiration #colorinspires #collabedit #collaboration

This work marks the beginning of TENDING MEMORY- a social project exploring memory in public spaces through an archeological lens. It’s an invitation for anyone who feels connected to memory, place and story. If you would like to learn more or be apart of it, please DM me. #TendingMemory #CultivatingTime #memoryandplace #archaeologyofmemory #publicmemory #socialpracticeart #visualstorytelling #contemporaryphotography #lensbasedart #artandsociety #everydayarchaeology

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In the glow of mirrors and the blur of memory, reflection reveals shifting sides…sometimes outward, sometimes within. A reminder that surfaces can hold both distortion and discovery. What does reflection return to you- memory or possibility? #pvmondayreflection @photovogue