The Library Project

is an ongoing documentary photography series exploring public libraries as spaces of connection, safety, learning, and belonging. At a time when these institutions face increasing political and cultural pressure, the work aims to document and preserve what they offer to the communities they serve.

Through portraits, architectural studies, and quiet observational imagery, the project highlights both the spaces themselves and the people within them—librarians, visitors, students, and families who rely on these environments every day.

Rooted in documentary storytelling and fine art photography, the series considers libraries as enduring cultural anchors—places that hold knowledge, provide refuge, and foster connection in an increasingly divided world. The work has received support through multiple grants and awards, and will be archived in perpetuity within the Idaho Film Collection at Boise State University’s Albertsons Library.

Student studying alone at a desk beside empty wooden bookshelves in a quiet library reading room.
Person browsing through tall shelves filled with books and archival materials in a library stacks room.
Archive storage unit label showing Frank Church collection number 36 on a wall of boxed records.
Overhead view of two open boxes containing vintage black and white photographs and colorful file folders.
Woman in winter coat reading a book while standing between wooden library bookshelves.
Library archive storage room with flat file drawers, shelving units, and rolled document storage.
Long aisle of tall wooden library bookshelves filled with colorful reference books and red volumes.
Overhead view of a bald man relaxing in a chair reading a magazine on patterned library carpet.
Man in cap and vest reading large book at library table surrounded by shelves of colorful books.
Long aisle between tall bookshelves filled with books in a well-lit public library with gray carpet.