Hi there, thank you for visiting the Nantucket Portrait Project.

 The Nantucket Portrait Project was inspired by Needham Portrait Photographer Cara Soulia's 'The Front Steps Project', as a way to bring the families in her community together, virtually, during the initial uncertainty and time of isolation when this pandemic began last year and the strict shelter in place orders went into full effect. I followed in her footsteps with this project on Nantucket, photographing families on their front steps, porch or yard, while practicing very strict social distancing guidelines as recommended by the CDC and Town of Nantucket. The families were emailed a high resolution digital photograph after their session.

I would like to give many thanks to all the families who participated and for all of their generous donations which helped to raise close to $10,000 for the hospital and food pantry.

As the months passed and the summer season started to kick in, the Nantucket Portrait Project evolved to include documenting how the community adapted to handle the unprecedented changes to our routine. 

Thankfully, Nantucket was able to come together, adapt, and salvage what we could of our summer season, for better or worse. From the construction of the Dreamland Drive-in, to the outdoor dining in the streets, small businesses adapting to a new way of operating, the outpouring of volunteers and helpers and local fundraisers and outreach, it has been transformative to witness and document this all against the backdrop of an out of control global pandemic mixed with an ongoing explosive and divisive political climate.  

The Nantucket Portrait Project officially came to a close in December of 2020, to a fitting ending, after I documented the first injection of the Pfizer vaccine to Maria Carey, PA-C, physician assistant at Nantucket Cottage Hospital Emergency Department. 

With vaccines now being given at an accelerated rate here and across the country, there is hope that our 2021 season here on Nantucket will rebound in an amazing way.

To all of you who participated in this project with me, and to all those who offered their help and support throughout 2020, thank you, from the bottom of my heart!

Please stay tuned as I am putting the finishing touches on The Nantucket Portrait Project Book, to be published this spring!