Life is full of transitions. Some are easy, others are hard. Whether it be transitioning to college life, quarantine or other events in one’s personal life, change is inevitable. Though change is inevitable, however, progress is optional.

“Footpaths and Thruways” seeks to answer how people co-exist with the burdens and blessings of transitions, asking the question, “How do people learn to live through change instead of merely overcoming it?”

In this series of portrait photos and interviews, I aim to discover how people reconcile hope and hardship.