Something more exploratory from me, for my blog today . Work In Progress.

Threshold and Responder are part of a new broader photographic series that I am experimenting with, exploring how we reveal who we are through purposeful action — sometimes subtle, sometimes bold, often courageous. A lived moment beyond the ordinary, within an increasingly complex, volatile world.

I’m drawn to the question of how people interact with our world through intention. How we claim space and express elements of who we are.

These portraits invite us to look beyond the surface spectacle to deeper undercurrents of duty, defiance, resolve, and risk-taking, that may ripple beneath. Nuance, uncertainty, and vulnerability become tools of communication in spaces charged with uncertainty and purpose.

A tribute to action as expression, and to those who step into fire when others step back.

• Karen