Rachelle Steele and her project “Family Portraiture”
BY: Justyne Gurley
Images by: Rachelle Steele (www.steelecapture.com)
During this “shelter-in-place” it can be difficult to do work when your subject of focus requires you to leave your place of residence. Many students were used to having access to models, studios, etc. to complete their photo shoots. It has become difficult for these students to complete the work they had in mind. However other students have used the quarantine to create new projects. Rachelle Steele is one such student.
Steele has taken this unfortunate time as an opportunity to document the current situation. “All of a sudden I was swelling with emotion and this in-home environmental portraiture idea came to life.”, Steele said regarding this project.
"Family Portraiture” documents the lives of families inside their homes during the 2020 COVID19 outbreak. “The idea came to me one night as I was on my evening run through the now deserted streets of my neighborhood. I was thinking about these many many households.... now indoors with each other and also of my across the street neighbors that had never had their family portrait made.”, Steele explains the motivation behind this project.
“I hope to include as many household types, economic stations, and dwelling types as I can in this project. It is my goal to illustrate that virtually no household is spared from being affected by this historical shelter-in-place quarantine as well as create some beautiful work for these families.”
What great and inspiring ideas will you come up with? Take this time to be creative and document this unprecedented time in our lives.
UPDATE:
Click below to see the Fox 40 interview with Rachelle:
