Rachel Turney’s mini album: Isolation and Connection


Photographer’s Note: This series of digital photographs captures the quiet paradox of remote work in the modern age — a life simultaneously untethered and confined. It reflects the isolation of working alone, where screens replace shared spaces and silence replaces spontaneous connection, yet also celebrates the freedom to roam, to turn the world into an ever-changing office — from sunlit coastlines to remote mountain cabins. Through these images, the work becomes a meditation on what technology has given us — freedom, mobility, possibility — and what it has quietly taken away: the warmth of proximity, the rhythm of daily human interaction, and the sense of belonging to something tangible. It is a visual ode to the beauty and loneliness of a world redefined by digital connection, where we are more mobile than ever, and yet, in some ways, more alone.


Rachel Turney, Ed.D. (she/her) is an educator and artist located in Denver. Her poems, research articles, drawings, and photography can be found in a variety of publications. Rachel is passionate about immigrant rights, teacher support, and empowering other artists. She is a Writers’ Hour prize winner and her photography can be found on a few magazine covers. Her poetry collection Record Player Life is forthcoming with The Poetry Lighthouse. Stay tuned and keep writing! Website: turneytalks.com Instagram: @turneytalks Bluesky: rachelturney

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