Tabitha Soren

“Fantasy is a place where you can be safe from the world, but it's not a place to live.”

“The pictures I’m taking are not of the storm itself, but the traces it leaves behind.”

“The world is chaotic and unpredictable, and I’m trying to find some small measure of order in it through my lens.”

“What happens to a life when it is hit by a massive force? That's what I'm trying to figure out with my pictures.”

“My MTV life feels like a different person. I am so far away from that now.”

“I felt like my own life was a story that I was telling, and I was in control of the narrative. But you're not in control of the narrative, and it's a very powerless feeling.”

“Panic is not a good look on anyone, and it doesn't help you make good decisions.”

“I'm interested in the weather because it's a force that's greater than all of us.”

“In the 90s, we were trying to get young people to engage with politics, to make them feel like their voice mattered. It was a really earnest effort.”

“I don't miss being on television at all. The thing I miss is the access.”