Mika Lovely for Pulp (Patreon)

Where does confliction come from when trying to establish a body of work?  I struggled with Pulp for a while, and although I was very happy with many of my shoots for the series I had a hard time getting excited about it in a way I struggled describe.

Then I did a shoot recently that sort of put it together in my mind.

There is sort of a possessiveness with art.  Usually if I am shooting in a place that is not mine, I avoid doing anything repetitive.  Because I prefer to either work in long series, or one off shoots I like to have access to a place for a long time, or just once.  Shooting the same place just two or three times usually feels a little redundant.  Not long enough for series, and not casual enough to feel like its a thing all of its own.

The problem with Pulp is that renting in Seattle feels always impermanent.     We walk outside and see the homes just like ours demolished, and I can not really mold the space into something I would love to shoot in because the space is not ours.  

I think this lack of control is one of the reasons I struggled to become too attached.  The images could come out fantastic, but still to pursue it fully felt like putting myself on the hook for something I could just as easily lose...the space, our home.

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