These photographs were produced during my graduate study at the Rhode Island School of Design. Following the impulse that structured The House Servant's Directory (2019), I photographed within preserved homes that claim a Black history in the region of New England. Some of these sites connect to my paternal relatives, others stand as markers of the “business of slavey” (Christy Clark Pujara, Dark Work, 2016). In these spaces, objects are the couriers of both fact and fiction. I remain fascinated by the vocality of objects, and the mechanics of still life photography to reduplicate the experience of handling them.

Properties visited include:

The Ashley House, Sheffield, MA.

The Royall House and Slave Quarters, Medford, MA.

Smiths Castle, Kingstown, RI.

The Stephen Hopkins House, Providence, RI.