Shadow of a Teenage Daydream

New York City, November 2021 - ongoing

Since November 2021, I have spent nearly every weekend fully immersed in the lives of Gen-Z kids documenting them as they encounter the pleasures and terrors of growing up, experience their first heartbreak, and discover the defiant beauty of introspection.

My on-going project Shadow of a Teenage Daydream centers around a friend group in New York City as it confronts two major battles characteristic of their generation; the mental health crisis and the societal constructs of gender.

 
 

A six page spread of the work was featured in Marie Claire Korea in May 2023

Additional Press:

  • The Creative Review feature in Gem Fletcher’s Exposure column, February 2024

  • Matte Editions, Exciting Photography Now, print feature, December 2023

  • Summer of Something Special Volume V., print feature, November 2023

  • Dazed, “Intimate portraits of New York’s non-conformist teens, online, August 2023

  • Marie Claire Korea, Photo essay on New York City youth and interview, online and print, May 2023

  • i-D, “Photographing teen subcultures in New York’s East Village,” online, interview, February 2023

  • Leica Fotografie International, “Sara Messinger: Teenagers,” online interview, January 2023

  • New York Magazine, Feature in the 18th annual issue Reasons to Love New York, online and print, December 2022

Larger portfolio available upon request