Omitted Existence

Omitted Existence Exploring the rural decay of the American southwestern desert and high plains.

This essay is about what it cost to build the machine, told by someone who was trained to operate it.It is about the mom...
05/25/2026

This essay is about what it cost to build the machine, told by someone who was trained to operate it.

It is about the moment the internet stopped being a promise and became a product, and what that means for everyone who cannot afford to buy their way out of the consequences. It is about friction as the last form of human sovereignty, and the deliberate choice to protect it.

Readers will walk away feeling seen if they have ever sensed something was wrong but could not name it. They will feel the specific discomfort of someone handing them a mirror they did not ask for. The ones who have been in the chatbot loop will feel vindicated. The ones who work in tech or marketing will feel implicated. The ones who are already paying for clean signal will feel the class reality of that choice for probably the first time in explicit terms.

The readers who are not ready for this essay will put it down. That is not a flaw. That is the essay working correctly.

The people who finish it will not scroll mindlessly for at least an hour afterward.

Some of them will go outside.

This is proof I'm still alive.My spring cleaning efforts have never felt so life and death.
05/17/2026

This is proof I'm still alive.

My spring cleaning efforts have never felt so life and death.

Last week asked if I'd snap some shots of a dress and headpiece she was working on. We didn't really have a plan but I ...
05/09/2026

Last week asked if I'd snap some shots of a dress and headpiece she was working on. We didn't really have a plan but I knew of these rock formations not far from our home studio so after a long Monday of gallery planning we switched gears and hiked into the hills with kind of.... nothing.

No ideas. No moodboard. No storyline. No props or equipment. A dress. A hat. 4 friends that had already worked all day together.

This is what I shot. When your people ask you to show up, you show up. You don't need a plan.

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Fashion
Prod Assistance
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05/09/2026

Cataloging my wardrobe category by category.

Today was shoes.

Fragile thing.That's what I've been feeling like lately. A fragile thing. Ive been in an emotional place full of fear an...
05/01/2026

Fragile thing.

That's what I've been feeling like lately. A fragile thing. Ive been in an emotional place full of fear and surrender. Not yet mastered the balancing act of protecting my delicate mortality while staring at the hard truths that are staring back at me.

Blank. It just is. We put a foot in front of another. And again. And another again. And we continue. And we let people around us say what they say. And we let suns and moons circle us. And we let the tears roll off our chins without letting them drop. And the feet continue to lift up and hit the ground. Forward. Forward.

Because we dont know what will happen if they ever stop.

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Prod Assistant
Creative/📷

Stillness was not in her soul. And she didn't want it.She had seen what stillness does.How it settles into bone.How it n...
04/22/2026

Stillness was not in her soul. And she didn't want it.

She had seen what stillness does.
How it settles into bone.
How it names itself peace to mask complacency.

Even her cells knew better.
Restless, dividing, reaching.

So she kept moving. That was the whole plan.

Hartford Building. 650 California Street. San Francisco. 1964.Designed by Edward Charles Bassett of Skidmore, Owings & M...
04/15/2026

Hartford Building. 650 California Street. San Francisco. 1964.

Designed by Edward Charles Bassett of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Hartford Insurance.

About 1,870 precast white concrete panels lined the exterior. When it was finished, it became the tallest building in San Francisco. It faced fierce opposition from many locals, leading then-mayor George Christopher to tell the Chronicle in 1962: "Our city is getting a reputation among investors of perhaps encouraging too much opposition."

The city pushed back. The building went up anyway. Sixty years later it's still the most honest thing on the block.

📷 by me,

If you're going to have to fight for your life, you better live a life worth fighting for.--📷 by me Kimberli RothModel C...
04/15/2026

If you're going to have to fight for your life, you better live a life worth fighting for.

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📷 by me Kimberli Roth
Model Cameron Keller/Cameron keller

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