i am trying very hard to be here
Sometimes life will flash before your eyes, and that is how my work reads. It is flashes of emotion that are derived from personal events and filtered so that they may communicate with a broader audience through disjointed narrative. By photographing reality that is augmented by objects symbolic of my personal struggle, I am instilling my own experiences with discomfort, anxiety, and isolation into the viewer. This juxtaposition of the unusual with the commonplace makes the images more jarring and surreal and often presents itself in the form of numbness or detachment. It exists as a look in the eyes that at first glance gives the suggestion that the person in the images is in tune with the moment but in fact they are lost deep within themselves. There is a repetition of imagery in order to emphasize importance or recurrence of a feeling and its increasing severity. The utilization of these devices will ultimately allow the viewer connect with me through my art.
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