In this series, I am thinking about the subjectivity of individual perspective and our incapacity to truly ‘know’ other people—even those we are closest to.
Using a UV printer and a mesh fabric, I print through the mesh onto paper, and then remove the mesh. Some ink passes through the gaps in the mesh, and some is retained on the fabric itself, resulting in both a ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ of the image. For this series, I incorporate both my own images as well as photos scanned from slide film taken on my parents’ honeymoon. In many ways, I feel my own relationships fall short of my idealized perception of my parent’s marriage, but I also know that there is much that was hidden from me as a child. in order to protect me. These secrets—the obscurity of even my oldest, closest relationships—becomes my source material.
