Self-portraiture is central to my creative process and forms the backbone of my work. It allows me to confront and reconstruct my understanding of identity, hybridization, and feelings of abandonment. I often remake the same image multiple times, using different mediums and materials. I take a picture of myself to see what I look like outside myself. While the portraits may originate from the same matrix, each appears to be a different woman, leading me to discover someone I have never seen before but whose emotions I faintly remember in a state where multiple versions of who I am coexist, living as a minority within a minority and navigating issues of race, immigration, and gender.
Gum Print, 22 x 30 in.
Gum Bichromate Print, 16 x 20 in.
Gum Print, 22 x 30 in.
Print, 20 x 24 in.
Gelatin Silver Print, 16 x 20 in.
Gelatin Silver Print, 16 x 16 in.
Platinum Tone Kallitype Print, 16 x 20 in.
Gelatin Silver Print, 16 x 20 in.
Toned Gelatin Silver Print, 16 x 20 in.
Pigment Print, 22 x 30 in.
Gum Bichromate Print, 15 x 22 in.
Gum Bichromate Print, 20 x 16 in.
Gum Bichromate Print, 20 x 16 in.
Gelatin Silver Print, 16 x 20 in.
Pigment Print