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September 23 - September 27, 2025
When we were kids and I needed affection, I’d find my brothers and make them give me hugs just like this. I always called it an Ellie Sandwich—
“You, Ellie Bates, are the thing I love photographing most.”
Cam is stargazing and too-sweet tea. He is gentle touches and homemade soup. He is all the best things, and I don’t know how I got him.
You are an explosion of color in a dreary landscape. You’re a striped sweater in a crowd of black dresses. You, Ellie Bates, are the statement piece the whole house is designed around.”
“It’s like that quote from When Harry Met Sally. ‘When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start—’” “As soon as possible,” I finish for her.