Carving Friends (2025)
“You would get grossed out, hate the smell, and hate taking the guts out,”
This is what my mother used to say whenever I wanted to carve pumpkins in October when I was a kid. Knowing that I would keep asking, my family would always pass quickly by the pumpkin harvesting area when we went apple picking. Upon discovering that I had never carved a pumpkin in my life, friends pulled me down to the exact spot where my family would turn down my requests to do so. I made the decision to photograph my entire day which included my friends picking pumpkins and carving them as soon as we made our purchase. Throughout the entire time, I took advantage of using the flash, fall colored tones, and vintage filtering to capture my friends. I think a lot to myself how nobody knows what it is like to be in my friend group, however looking at my photos is like a distant memory.