I love when magic moments like this happen at just the exact time - a perfect mix of sunlight, emotion, and location. There's very minimal post-processing done to this photo and was already near perfect in-camera, just magic.

Model: Sierra Perry

Dress: Trang Nguyen Designs

Makeup: Jessica Deters

Hair: Sami Haberkorn

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Artist Statement:

This piece is about the moment between collapse and clarity — when you stop resisting the noise and simply let it land.

Where the Birds Came to Rest is not a portrait of peace. It’s a portrait of resignation dressed as calm. The birds aren’t animals. They’re thoughts. Memories. Warnings. Things said to you that you never forgot, even if you tried.

Their claws are gentle, but their presence is weight. They perch because the subject no longer flinches. And that, in its own way, is a kind of freedom.

I made this piece for those who have been still for too long. For those who’ve stopped swatting at the darkness and just… let it sit beside them.

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Artist Statement:

“Clarity Finds Her”

In a world overrun by noise and distortion, she walks a straight line of absolute light.

Her face is hidden — not by chance, but by design. This is not about her identity. This is about her direction.

The trees whisper old truths. The light insists on presence. She walks forward anyway.

Stillness is not silence. It's a decision.

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