In 2002, while contemplating a second child and an international move, I became interested in life’s crossroads, those messy periods in people’s lives when they are living -- uncomfortably -- between two conflicting places or identities. These periods have the potential to reveal us in new ways and, very often, to change us.
For this project, I sent out a call for female subjects via email. From the replies, for reasons of story, availability and proximity, I chose seven.
I went to each person’s home and briefly interviewed them. We then jointly picked a location in their home and props that seemed representative of this period.
LIMBO: LME: 1. A region supposed in some beliefs to exist on the border of Hell; 2. Prison, confinement; 3. A state of inaction or inattention pending some future event.
