Ashes of Then
Think about what brings someone to their current place in life. The memories and the experiences. All of the decisions and feelings that bring us to where we are. The farther back I think, the less I find. Where I expect to find a concrete wall, keeping the memories away, I fund a burned mindscape.
Ashes of Then explores the process of digging into the mind, trying to sift the memories of early childhood that set the foundation for where I am now. Where did they go? Why are they missing? Are they unwanted, or did they disappear to give room for new memories? The edges are burned or gone entirely. The stories I have are only fragments of what I have been told.
Remnants
1”x2”, burned silver gelatin paper, 2024
Born in the Flames
18”x22”, Burned chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Where They Were Made
24”x33”, chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
What Kept me Warm and Comfy
42”x44”, chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Self-Sabotage
16”x32”, burned chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Baked
24”x18”, chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Inaccessible
24”x18”, chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Unrecognized
24”x18”, chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
I Can’t Keep Them Together
24”x18”, chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
(And) I’m Losing Myself Too
24”x18”, chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Divided
24”x18”, chromoskedasic silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
9 Years
24”x18”, silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
May 30th, 2021
24”x18”, silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Tattoos
24”x18”, silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Unfriended
24”x18”, silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Barista
24”x18”, silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Society of Photographic Education
24”x18”, silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
Of the Last 4 Years
24”x18”, silver gelatin print on wood, 2024
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24”x18”, silver gelatin print on wood, 2024