ROOT&THREAD
A ceramic artist’s hands shaping a newly made clay bowl

Root & Thread · Tucson, Arizona

Show the work behind what you do.

Documentary photography for independent businesses, nonprofits, makers, activists, organizers, and community organizations in Tucson and Southern Arizona.

Cohesive image libraries for websites, press, public education campaigns, donor communications, grant applications and reports, and social media.

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People · Work · Place

A useful record of how the work gets done.

Root & Thread photographs people genuinely engaged in their work—the concentration, tools, materials, environment, exchanges, and finished details that a single posed portrait cannot show.

01 / Selected work

People doing the work.

Short documentary studies of process, attention, and working environments in Tucson.

Project 01

Tucson Clay Co-op

Ceramic makers working with clay, wheels, tools, and one another inside a shared studio.

Two ceramic artists working together at a pottery wheel at Tucson Clay Co-op
Clay-covered hands shaping a vessel on a pottery wheel
A ceramic artist working beside a bright studio window
Hands wrapping handmade ceramics in newspaper
A clay-stained apron hanging among studio shelves and unfinished pottery
A Welcome Friends sign outside Tucson Clay Co-op

Project 02

Sublime Tattoo

Christina tattooing inside the Tucson shop, followed by a portrait of shop owner Manda.

Tattoo artist Christina working with a client at Sublime Tattoo in Tucson
Christina concentrating while using a tattoo machine
Gloved hands guiding a tattoo machine across a client’s skin
Christina tattooing a client inside the studio
Manda, owner of Sublime Tattoo, seated inside the shop

02 / At Work Session

More than one portrait.

A compact image library showing the person, process, tools, environment, and details that make the work understandable.

At Work Session

$650

75 minutes · 18–25 carefully edited photographs

  • The person actively working
  • Hands, tools, materials, and process
  • The working environment
  • An environmental working portrait
  • Finished work or product when relevant

Delivered as a cohesive set for your website, press, email, and organic social media.

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03 / Place

Tucson, observed.

Independent photographs of work, waiting, public space, and ordinary activity. This work develops the way Root & Thread sees; it is not presented as a separate client service.

A worker tying an apron, seen as a reflection in a window
A repeating row of stainless-steel machines inside a Tucson laundromat
A person fishing beside an urban Tucson lake with mountains in the distance
A duck in the foreground and two people fishing from a small boat
A ceramic artist absorbed in work on the studio floor

04 / Approach

The work does not need to be staged into something it is not.

I begin by learning what is actually happening, what must remain private, and how the photographs will be used. During the session, I give the work room to unfold and step in for a working portrait or necessary detail when it helps complete the collection.

Consent and dignity are part of the process. I do not manufacture vulnerability, ask people to perform a false version of their work, or include a beautiful photograph that misrepresents what happened.

Root & Thread is the photography practice of Aimee Myers in Tucson, Arizona.

05 / Start a conversation

What work should people be able to see?

Tell me what you do, where the work happens, and where you need to use the photographs. I’ll reply with any questions and confirm whether the At Work Session fits.