Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez

 

As I move through adulthood and grow into comfortable terms with who I am, reflecting on my "identity" becomes less about the labels that I claim and more about the people surrounding me. Regardless of dynamics, family is a layered and deeply personal foundation to our lives. Whether blood or chosen, estranged or close-knit, alive or departed, these portraits pay homage to those who both myself and people near and dear to me call family.