Hello there.
About me
I have rewritten this get-to-know-Caroline page at least eight million times in the last seven years. These suckers are hard to write. But if you’re like me, you always click an artist’s bio before you even look at their work. Why is that? I think it’s because these pages, as silly as they can be, help us see the person and the story behind the images. We crave connection.
So, here we go: the adult version of the About Me Poster we all made in kindergarten. Mine still hangs in my parents’ basement. It says, “When I grow up, I want to be a veterinarian, a farmer, AND a pharmacist.” Spoiler: didn’t happen. Even better spoiler: I’m a photographer, mother of three tiny humans, wife to a super talented musician named Joe, former teacher, and artist. I love my jobs. I love people. I love my life.
Thank you to Amanda of Pure Lee Photography for these photos of Sophie, Joe, and me back in 2018. I will cherish them always.
a collection of random tidbits
just the [random] facts
I met my husband in high school when we were both cast in West Side Story. He was Tony; I was Maria. (Just kidding. I was backup dancer #67, but we did hold hands backstage the whole time)
One summer, my friend and I were driving through my neighborhood singing classic 70s rock at the top of our lungs when a police officer turned on his lights behind me. He asked me if I knew why I had been pulled over. I thought about it and said, “Because we were having too much fun?” Nope. Not a thing. Just a broken tail light.
I am an Enneagram type four, but you might have to convince me that the Enneagram isn’t just a big made-up, overrated trend.
I have my masters in education, and I care about giving all students access to high quality literacy education.
I can whistle with my tongue (don’t be jealous).
My entire extended family is from the South, but, much to my dismay, I did not inherit a Southern accent or an affinity for sweet tea.
Big dreams: to write and illustrate a children’s book, to exhibit artwork, to help people through art.
<< Mary Ellen Mark >>
I don’t think you can develop or learn a “way of seeing” or a “point of view.” A “way of seeing” is who you are, how you think and how you create images. It is something that is inside of you. It’s how you look at the world.
Simple Math
Georgia > Frida
Yoga > Running
Harry Potter > Game of Thrones
Toni Morrison > Jane Austen
Parks & Rec > Friends
Real life > Instagram
a few of my favorite things
currently loving…
these books: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse; An American Marriage; There There; What Kind of Woman; The House in the Cerulean Sea
these podcasts: Normal Gossip, Coffee + Crumbs, Everything Happens, Makers & Mystics
these people: Carson Ellis (illustrator), Amena Brown (spoken word poet), Andy Stanley (pastor), Morgan Harper Nichols (poet), Ami Vitale (photographer), Paris Reid (artist), Kate Baer (poet), Jesus (always)
these handles: #forhisgloryphoto, #artifactuprising, #thefamilynarrative #thedarkroomlab #thebreathandtheclay
“Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
your justice like the great deep...
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.”