Pilgrimage, 2024
Film photographs taken during a pilgrimage through the places that Chelsea was seen immediately before her disappearance, trying to find any murmurations and putting up new posters.
Williams, AZ Cemetery, 199 days after Chelsea was there
2024
Gelatin silver print
11 x 11 inches
Chelsea was in this cemetery, crying about forgotten soldiers. There is body cam footage from a police officer talking to her in her car on September 28, 2023, 2 days before the last verified encounter with her on FR6 Northwest of Williams. Also taken during my April 2024 pilgrimage.
Ashfork gas station, 197 days after Chelsea was last seen
2024
Gelatin silver print
11 x 11 inches
This seemed like the gas station where the locals go, so I put up one of my posters on the community board, next to some very faded old flyers and a new one selling alfalfa by the bale and under one for a community swap meet. The attendant was surprised she was still missing
Murphy's in Ashfork, 190 days after Chelsea's car was towed
2024
Gelatin silver print
11 x 11 inches
Chelsea was last seen on 9/30/23, with 2 flat tires on FR6 northeast of Ashfork. Then her car was reported to the police, seemingly abandoned, on 10/5/23. We don't know what happened between those days in that remote area, but I do know her car was towed to Murphy's in Ashfork, AZ.