 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Echo, 2010
The hand mirror, traditionally a female heirloom, is representative of a quieter time in history, a point in which self-reflection and personal actions within society felt as though they held more weight. We enter the mirror's surface with an expectation of what we would like to see, and we structure our pose to reflect this want. Similar to how we prepare our smile and hair for a photograph, we choose how we want to be represented - we select the face we put forth for critical review, as well as the persona in which we enter public life. The mirror represents a virtual image, an image of who we want to see ourselves as, often without the truthful reflection of what we are and what we believe. The mirrors in my work lack a reflective surface. The scanning process has made the mirror images a sea of black, with scared and aged surface, the back facing metals exposed. As you move towards the images themselves, paradoxically the reflective surface is no longer there; in the process of capturing the information, the information has been lost.
Chromogenic Prints, 11"x14", Editions of Seven