About the Artist

Hi, I’m Kelli.

Whenever I go to my childhood home, my favorite thing to do is climb up the wooden stairs and open an old closet where my mother collected our numerous family photo albums. I peel back the brown seventies binders, the one tinged with yellowing inserts, and leaf through photographs of my family. I see my Mom and Dad in their first house. My late Uncle Jimmy helping them fix it. I see both sets of my grandparents sitting next to one another, laughing and looking happy at my oldest sister’s first birthday party. My mother looks beautiful. I see my three sisters with suspicious-looking haircuts giggling by a roadside fair. I see a photo of me around age 8 that I had never seen before. Alone, on a dock, in the middle of a lake with a fishing pole in my hand. It’s one of my favorites.

If my childhood house were to burn down, I would rush to gather these dusty old books into my arms. They are one of the last objects we have left of one another. They hold our stories and encapsulate our personalities and our love. That is invaluable to me.

This is why I know it is a privilege to be a photographer. These photographs are heirlooms for your future selves and the generations that will follow. My process involves listening, finding your stories, and documenting them uniquely, with no formula in mind. I aim to capture what is beautiful but also what is honest. I would be honored to do this for you.

To learn more about me and my process, click here.