Photographer Spotlight: Kaitlin Maxwell

"Los Angeles-based photographer Kaitlin Maxwell was raised in South Florida and experienced the passing of her father at a young age. Photography has been a way for Maxwell to navigate the world, find meaning and a sense of identity. Using natural light and a medium format film camera, Maxwell's practice is an intimate study of the human condition, rooted in a desire to understand what it means to be seen."

"It also acts as a window into her own life as she searches for connection. What began as an attempt to grasp the complexities of her relationship with her mother and grandmother, has evolved into a decade long meditation on memory, performance, and loss. Here Maxwell photographs "what was once inaccessibile." Each photograph is a study in absence, where presence lies within what we don't see."

Kaitlin Maxwell creates intimate, medium-format film portraits that center women and matriarchal dynamics while responding to personal loss. Photography serves as a tool to navigate identity and meaning after the early death of her father and later the loss of her grandfather. The work began as an attempt to understand relationships with her mother and grandmother and developed into a decade-long meditation on memory, performance, and absence. Each image functions as a relic of past selves, framed by natural light and vulnerability. Collaboration, transformation, and the search for connection underpin the project, with presence often implied through what remains unseen.

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