The Abandoned America thing was my idea to collect the histories and photographs of asylums (at first) into somewhere where they could be shared and heard. Both a literal and figurative descriptor of people and places left behind.

I've learned so much from so many people. So many stories of those who have lost jobs, health care, homes, communities. It's a job collecting and storing pain. I never stopped believing in its importance but it never stopped hurting. Every day in a new way.