By Hannah Shea

ABOUT THE PIECE

An honor it is to be inside this garden, intimately documenting life’s precious steps for this family. From late July in ‘22 during a long form shoot with the Bailey family, patiently awaiting Zeke’s arrival as we picked cucumbers and ran in sprinklers. A season my heart will never forget.

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In the garden she must wait, but her roots deepen still.

HANNAH SHEA

WHERE

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There is a garden, with a swing in the back since May.

HOSE

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Where hose water runs free, and mud coats feet.

WATER

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The cement is hot, the popsicles cold.

RUNS

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Here she works everyday, watching limbs stretch tall, and petals gently fall.

FREE.

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I will hold you until my fingers bleed, and protect every flower you pick, just for me.

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ARTIST:

Hannah Shea is a non-fiction photographer, writer, and teacher residing in the Pacific Northwest. She is the founder of ALNTH, a thoughtfully curated art collective that sources original works by artists, and supports women’s healing and empowerment. She is also the founder of The Archive, an online education space for film photographers. Shea’s writing explores the honesty of childhood healing, and poetic tellings of the romantic and tumultuous love affair of life. For the last decade she has photographed original stories and scenes from a familiar place, producing fine art prints for her clients and audience. Shea finds herself most inspired by the relationship of photographs and writings holding hands, and the stories that bleed to the surface in spite of it all.