Heather Slingerland
Bio
Heather Slingerland is a photo-based social-documentary artist who has been shooting for more than a decade. She published her first photo book called Love Sex COVID in 2022 about her dating experiences during COVID. She was awarded a Coronavirus Storytelling Grant by Oklahoma Watch, along with Inasmuch Foundation and the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, for her series on Cherokee women in Northeastern Oklahoma navigating the COVID pandemic. Her previous projects include a series on 50 mothers in their homes around New York City and a series about women and their relationship to their hair. She currently lives in Oakland, California.
Photo credit: Helena Sykas