"It is a special moment in my life. My body no longer belongs to me. The camera was an extension of my body, but now my hands are busy. And not only my hands. My gaze no longer wanders calmly in search of a subject. Silences are rare, spaces are chaotic, cluttered, saturated. The search for abstraction in daily life that used to fascinate me feels far away. Aesthetics give way to the raw rendering of the instant, beautiful light to the flash. The snapshot regains its place and the camera becomes a means of stopping a moment one considers memorable. My photographic convictions waver." — Pamela Maddaleno