Julia in Teotitlán Del Valle, Oaxaca, 2021

My series Kanitlow takes its name from the Zapotec word for when a person starts to disappear. I wanted to record things that are in danger of disappearing not all at once, but gradually, without our noticing. I was inspired to document the elderly in particular because I’m drawn to old photographs of my own grandpa; I wanted other grandchildren to be able to look at photos of their grandparents and almost feel the details of their clothing and their bodies, and to see up close what it means to preserve a culture.