Joan Sinatra Hathaway - 'Mood...Moment...Memory'

Joan Sinatra Hathaway has always been inspired by the poems of Mary Oliver expressing the idea that paying attention is the way to have a meaningful life. Photographs are a way to help people pay attention. She has always been moved by the smallest things in the world, not the grandest; a detail on a piece of clothing, nuances of color, a swirl on a piece of jewelry, a curve on a piece of pottery, a wink, a smile, a nod, a small gesture of kindness. She wants her photographs to show those small details and to encourage the viewer to pay attention to those details of life. Hathaway hopes her photographs create a mood, capture a moment and evoke a memory.