Photo & Video
Kasey Leftwich
My work examines the relationship between everyday environments, personal identity, and the passage of time. Using both constructed scenes and documentary approaches, I explore how routine objects and moments shape the way we understand ourselves. These materials allow me to investigate how space and time interact with the body and with individual experience. With a background in painting and graphic design, my process integrates photographic practice with design-oriented elements. I use photography as a way to record, but also to reorganize visual information by applying graphic techniques.
RECENT PROJECTS
“Fragments of Identity”
“Fragments of Identity” is meant to visually interpret how personal identity is not fixed, but assembled from shifting pieces of memory, influence, perception, and experience. Through surreal collage and digital manipulation, this series visualizes the process of finding oneself and the moments of fracture, loss, and reformation that define individuality and visualizes the process of self-discovery being constantly reassembled.
“shelf life”
“Shelflife” explores the relationship between the desirability of a woman’s body and the desirability of food. It investigates how beauty and attraction are shaped by time, focusing on the concept of expiration and the ways society ties a woman’s worth to youth. Culturally often aging is framed as a point of decline, where women are perceived as losing desirability and social value.
Through staged imagery and visual metaphors drawn from food consumption and preservation, this work examines how women are consumed, judged, and assigned worth in ways similar to food. By aligning the language of nourishment, decay, and desirability with the female body, the project challenges the normalization of commodification and questions who determines value, longevity, and relevance.
"Cakeface"
"Meat Package"
"Produce Pile"
"Watermelonskin"
Tucson, az
I fell in love with Tucson, Arizona. It is a place that makes me slow down and pay closer attention to the world around me. The desert, the light, and the openness have reshaped how I experience everyday life, spirituality, art, and creation.
These photographs come from spending time outside and noticing small moments within a vast landscape. Tucson encourages an appreciation for nature and existence. This work is about being present in a place that feels ethereal, earthly grounding, and deeply beautiful.
PAST PHOTO PROJECTS
Daytona Beach, Florida
Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
Family Portraits
Pet Portraits
Portraits
Nassau, Bahamas
Amber Cove, Dominican Republic
San Juan, Puerto Rico
2022 Rolex 24 Daytona Beach, Florida
New York City
Washington, D.C.
Skincare Inspired Self Portraits
Car Photography
Creative Photography
Chester at the Beach
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia U.S.A.
Delta, Colorado
Lighting Project
Cherokee local Tucson flight
VIDEOGRAPHY
My partner on this project was the lovely Rachel Waesche, and the talented bartender included in the shots is Emily Dunbar.
Special thank you to Emily and the Sonapa Grill Bar in New Smyrna Beach for helping us on this project. It was absolutely amazing to work with Rachel and Emily.
We used the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera for shooting. We edited, color-graded, and inputted sound with DaVinci Resolve 17.
cinematic shots
Performing here is by my beautiful friend, Alexis O. and her friend Daniel on the bass at Festodome X in Deland, Florida.
This was shot with my Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k with the 18-35mm Sigma Art Lens & was edited using Davinci Resolve 17 Studio.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
AERIALs
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Cinematic, aesthetic shots of life and moments between humans.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k with the 18-35mm Sigma Art Lens & Davinci Resolve 17 Studio.
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DOCUMENTATION
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