I knew I wouldn't be able to afford to rent a studio as well as get a home that I was excited about. So I was like, if I can do both in one, I can just about make it work.
I'm hoping to raise a little consciousness and shine some light on the idea of responsibility.
Well, I don't like shooting in bathrooms. They're small and cramped and you've got harsh surfaces and it's difficult.
I thought having to explain the risibility of gender codes would be mostly behind us by now.
Boxing was really cathartic for me.
I don't think that you have to always present as angry, masculine, aggressive to be a feminist.
I want to reduce the stigma of the word 'feminism.' It's not about eliminating and excluding. You can be yourself and still be a feminist.
I grew up in a feminist household in Hackney, East London, my mum was responsible in many ways for the feminist stain on the socialist party, and my dad had really strong feminist leanings.
For me, boxing was a way of me exercising my frustration, anger, sense of injustice, but also a way of owning my space and taking up space. Which I think as a woman in the art world is essential for surviving. You have to become comfortable going like, 'OK, I'm going to take this wall, this wall is mine, I'm going to put my work on this wall.'
I'm atypical in my personal life, my situation is not that of the average struggling artist, and so I feel like I have to work even harder to prove myself and let the work speak for itself. At the same time, I'm not prepared to hide who I truly am.
It wasn't until I became a mother that I started to refer to myself as an artist as opposed to a fine art photographer.
I attended the Women's March on Washington with a group of artists, curators, and art-world professionals.
People abandon you because they can't handle the depth and complexity of your experience, and that is ultimately a gift. It shows you what is important, who is important, and who is really, truly in your corner.
Caring for someone who is terminally ill is traumatic, but it's a privilege too. It's part of being a woman.
I'm a Brit, so I come from a country where in the run-up to a general election, no one talks about abortion.
The process of learning how to defend my body, how to own my space and take away space from other people, and getting me in touch with my masculine, testosterone-heavy side, from a personal development standpoint, it was really helpful to me - as well as releasing aggression and frustration.
It's so difficult as a female artist to make actual money, in my experience.
One thing to remember is that human beings connect through vulnerability. That's our core way of connecting.
Our consciousness wants to connect through struggle and even pain. So in a funny sort of way, vulnerability is attractive.
For me, 'Jewishness' manifests within my humor, slang, cynicism, culinary tastes, and the spirit of generosity ingrained in me.
