Dissolution began as a study of the disappearing, decaying farmhouses lining the landscape of the rural areas of Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia. These images are a study of the process of decay and the passing of time.In entering and photographing the remains of homes, schools, churches, train stations, and commercial spaces, I seek to find remnants of the former inhabitants. In doing so, I aim to create an image that can evoke a sense of collective memory that I believe is inside us all. Each home that is abandoned acts as a catalyst for our individual memories and experiences of the idea of home, leaving or losing a home, and eventually trying to recreate that first home and place of safety- long after we have left. These images speak of my childhood and my own feelings of loss and are wrapped tightly in my memories of my grandparents’ house where I grew up. Although I draw heavily on my own memories, I seek to evoke personal memories and reactions in each viewer.