My work explores what surrounds us, both seen and unseen

I don’t set out determined to produce art about any given subject. My work is always close at hand, so I am constantly writing, perfecting my craft. Sometimes words are left in note books, and other times they develop into more in-depth ideas and detailed images to take to publication.

Each project consists of multiple works, grouped around specific ideas and meanings. During my research and work new areas of interest emerge and lead to the next body of work.

I am the author of Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict (Little, Brown 2010). My memoir explores the way shopping has impacted our lives in the past three decades. In our late capitalistic times, how and why we shop has become more relevant than ever. What will the future of shopping be? That’s one question I’m poised to explore…

I am a freelance journalist specialized in the area of fashion, art and particularly photography. I’m a contributing essayist to the fashion photography book series, Fashion Images de Mode.

Media appearances include: NBC’s Today Show, New York’s LX Television with Joan Rivers, AOL’s Wallet Pop, Australia’s Today Tonight, and Jacques Peretti’s BBC Two series: The Man Who Made Us Spend.

Both fiction and non-fiction projects are currently in progress, including  a “cli-fi” novel tentatively titled, “Wheat.”

I can be reached at:  aviscardella@gmail.com