I am a portrait and fine art photographer based in Cambridge, MA.

My work explores the themes of motherhood, womanhood, and the body from a feminist perspective. Inspired by dreams and the unseen, I construct photographs that portray internal tensions – the conflicting emotions of motherhood, the push and pull between the need for connection, and the desire for independence.

I use photography to gain a better understanding of my own experiences, and find a deeper connection with people and places I photograph, employing light and color to create vivid images that inhabit the space between the real and the imaginary.

My work has been exhibited in the US and internationally, most recent exhibitions include Kathryn Schulz Gallery in Cambridge, MA, the Photographic Resource Center, the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA,  Vermont Center of Photography, and Soho Gallery in New York.  

I have a BA in Linguistics and am currently attending the Photography MFA program at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, expected to graduate in 2026.

I am available for portrait commissions, photography workshops and select commercial projects.

Grants and awards

2025 Cambridge Art Association Artist of the Year Award

2024 PRC Exposure Juror’s Choice Award

Cambridge Arts Association, Emergency Fund for Visual Artists Grant

2023 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Winner, Series, Self Portrait category

2022. Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist, Top 200

Griffin Award, Griffin Museum of Photography 28th Juried Members Exhibition

Books

2023 Eye Mama: Poetic Truths of Home and Motherhood. Arieli, Karni. teNeues Verlag.

Press

2025 Artscope Magazine, Artistic Vision and Contemporary Dialogues

2024 Lenscratch, Anastasia Sierra and Carrie Usmar: Talking Motherhood

2022 What Will You Remember Review

Selected clients

and publications

San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Boston Common Magazine, Boston Globe, Nob Hill Gazette, Dartmouth College, Simmons College, Stanford University, Boston University, Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, Amtrak, HubSpot, Everwise, Sauce Labs, Linquia