Writer & Visual Documentarian

The art of simultaneous living

Architecture. Place. Memory. Motherhood.
Seen through 35mm and medium format film.

Monument House by Homestead Modern — Joshua Tree, CA

Monument House — Homestead Modern  ·  Joshua Tree, CA  ·  35mm film

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Work that lives where experience and archive meet

I document spaces by returning to them — with time, film, and intention. Through photographs, essays, and conversation, I create work that helps people experience a place rather than simply see it. Shot on 35mm and medium format film. Guided by curiosity. Always accompanied by Azulu.

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On seeing, mothering, and the practice of both at once

Keynotes, panels, and intimate conversations on architecture, documentary storytelling, intentional living, and the lived experience of motherhood as a creative practice — not a compromise to it.

Architecture + the Gaze Documentary Storytelling Motherhood + the Creative Practice Intentional Living The Practice of Seeing Film Photography
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In The Frame by Tatiana Donaldson

Coming September 4

In The Frame by Tatiana Donaldson

Episode 4: Practice

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Las Vegas, NV  ·  August 2026

Monument House is live — a documentary essay on my first self-directed residency at Homestead Modern in Joshua Tree. On light, architecture, and what it means to move through a space designed to make you look.

Being featured this August by Black Women Photographers for Black Business Month — preparing a short video on the creative journey and what first led me to pick up a camera.

Shooting on 35mm Minolta SRT-101 and Mamiya RB67. Taking commissions for fall 2026 — architecture, boutique hospitality, and documentary weddings. Inquiries open.

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