I am exploring the heartbreak and disarray that occurs between broken families. I’ve witnessed a pattern in the absence of male figures within my family and it's intergenerational effects. As I uncover forgotten family photographs, I find myself playing the part of a historian, exploiting the void that has occurred in our lives. I am inspired by traces of action left behind by the owners of the many photos I’ve recovered, such as a deliberate rip or a tear.

By viewing old family photos as an artifact, I have been creating my own stories projecting hidden philosophies based off of personal experience, from what I see in the object before me and the lack of family history shared with me. I am asking the questions: what is a family? What makes a family? The photo presents and depicts the ideal, but it is my goal to go past the surface of the particular image of the “happy family”.

I am fascinated by the idea of motherhood, the relationship between a mother and a child, and the impact that the relationship can have on both individuals. Coming from a broken family, I try to see all perspectives, from the hurt child with the lack of the parent, to the parent without a child.