BUILT TO BREAK
Portrait Series & Wearable Art
The Texas Department of Health labeled the Trinity River a "river of death" in 1925. A century later it remains one of the most polluted waterways in the country. For this series, I traveled to Dallas to assist the local Greenspace organization in cleaning a stretch of the river — then brought the waste back to the studio.
Every piece worn in these portraits was constructed by hand from materials pulled directly from the water. The gas masks were built from consumer waste — energy drink cans, crushed plastic — worn as both protection and condemnation. The wearable pieces were made from whatever the river gave us. The series asks what it means to be dressed for a world we already broke.
Role: Concept, Fabrication, Stylist, Art Director, Photographer