Fissure

In response to recent experience of significant life events, i.e., the pandemic, impending college graduation, and a transition into young adulthood, I explore psychological ideas of the self and of identity through a photographic lens. I examine fragmentation of the body and space through the creation of distorted and surreal realities, incorporating mirrors, symbolism, and allusion within the work. This sense of division is amplified at times by the appearance of a segmented body, adding a sense of unease and disconcertment to the images.

These self-portraits encompass a reclamation of the male gaze, along with the analysis of the female body as an explorative shape within the photographs. By withholding the immediate consumption of the female form, the completeness of the image is spoiled, and the body is unable to be overtly fetishized or objectified for pleasure. I ultimately collapse the line between seer and being seen, presenting a controlled examination of vulnerability.