Blake Fitch spent her Light Work residency creating a museum-ready portfolio of her ongoing project, Expectation of Adolescence. Her residency allowed her the focused opportunity to print, edit and prepare this project for exhibition. Her series, now in its tenth year, focuses on her youngest sister Katie and their cousin Julia, documenting their journey into adulthood as it reveals the formation of physical and emotional identities in the context of societal expectations.

Blake Fitch is a fine art and documentary photographer. She has photographed extensively in the US and Central and South America and has been exhibited internationally. Her work is held in the collections of several museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA.

www.blakefitchphotos.com