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We shape our lives through use, then abandonment, yet we feel the need to record in order to preserve what has past. Sometimes, this paradoxical cycle can be confusing. I am attracted to landscapes that feel familiar but instill an uneasy and irreconcilable sense of mystery.
I recently came upon my grandparents’ photo albums. Through scrutiny of the people in each snapshot, that sense of unease over the visual features returned. Even with their first-hand accounts, I found the need to fantasize in order to understand what was occurring in the photographs. And, the stories I created did not seem so farfetched.
By pairing family photographs alongside my landscape photographs, I further abstract each piece’s individual meaning. Through this decisive level of distortion I compel the viewer to create their own stories for the images, thus exploring the visual world, familiarity, and the idea of memories for themselves. What is worth holding onto and what is worth leaving behind?
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2010 / 12x18" / Inkjet Print
Off of Elmwood
2010 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
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2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
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2010 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
The Jury's Gone
2010 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
A Lonely Place
011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Apple Orchard
2010 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Untitled, 12:30 A.M.
2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Bike Trail
2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Somewhere Between Buffalo & Rochester
2010 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Route 81
2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Futures
2011 / 12x18" / Inkjet Print
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2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Moth Balls in October
2010 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Hospital
2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Windshield / Big Man
2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
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2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
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2010 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Full Moon
2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Dead End
2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Put Me Down
2011 / 12x19" / Inkjet Print
Gloria
2011/ This is my Grandmother, these are her albums.
Edward
2011/ This is my grandfather, these are his albums