In the process of growing up things get sorted and put in order. Life makes more sense and a deeper understanding of everything around you is a result of experience and the gain of knowledge. Growing up is unavoidable, as is coming to the realization that nothing is perfect and nothing can ever be the same. Looking at dreams and memories is a way for me to try to understand this notion. I suppose I am, in a way reverting, trying to hold on or re-discover the feelings I once had. I am taking photographs in the present as a way to re-experience the past.
These photographs were created in 2007 and 2008 for a self-led project. My interest in dreams and memories prompted my investigation in fragmented subject matter. Using these simplified images I created diptychs. The two images are related by color and light, but not subject. The pairing relates to the odd way in which something ridiculous in a dream can somehow make sense to the dreamer. Memories often follow a similar rule, twisting and morphing as time passes. These photographs attempt to make sense of the past, in the present
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