I recently turned 40 which marks the start to middle age. The flood of emotions I felt as I approached this milestone overwhelmed me. In this project I'm exploring how to hold onto my youth by imagining a journey with my younger self. Embracing her, I tried to hold onto the feeling of her. I photographed myself multiple times then stitched them together to create an exchange between them. The scenes I create through this process conjure memories of my younger days. I am consciously giving myself a place to play and recall those youthful feelings. I portrayed both versions of myself the same to express the idea that it is my present self revisiting a memory. Even when recalling a past memory to try to recapture that ephemeral spirit of youth, I will always be my present self with all of my present thoughts and feelings.
