My portfolio of “ordinary” women has evolved to become a meaningful platform for extraordinary stories that would otherwise go untold. I have coaxed out genuine tales of overcoming adversity, whether that be in the form of grief, disability, illness, mental health issues, bullying, menopause, and lost identity. What all these women have in common was an affiliation with the sea. This is what linked them and so this is where they were photographed.

I hope you can feel the same awe and wonder which I viewed these women with…