Ciao Grace Ann, how are you?
I’m doing well, thank you for asking! It snowed through the night here in New York City so I woke up to my neighborhood covered in white. I see it as a nice little way of nature giving one the okay to start over on something, so I’m starting over on something.

What is photography for you?
It’s something that I need, undoubtedly. If I don’t take photos for a few days, it’s like how I feel when I haven’t drunk a glass of water all day. I’m just so thankful for this medium because I really, really do believe it has caused me to love others more deeply, as it has allowed me to reflect on parts of my life that I may have otherwise forgotten. I believe that forgetting is the reason that many of us grow stale. I never want that to happen to me. I also have a fear of memory loss, so photography is a bit of a security for me, too.

What is Right This Very Second about?
This series has been on my mind for a long, long while—probably for the last two years. I remember being eight years old, lying on the floor of my parents’ living room and staring up at the fan, repeating over and over, “I am alive right now. I am in the present. I see and feel everything right this very second,” as I watched the white blades circling without rest. So I’ve been making photographs for as long as I can remember with the intention of having these moments of “this is the right now” to look back on. I’m a bit sentimental, and I hope that others can view this body of work and place their own sentimentalities upon it. I want to cause others to be more present with themselves but also remember the times they’ve felt severely about something.

Where can you be found online?
Here’s my website, and I’m also on Instagram and Tumblr.