Nuclear Family is a series composed of photographs of myself, my brother, my mother, and my father, and seeks to draw attention to the notions of family, breath, and life. The shape the body takes while breathing, the way two bodies come together to create two other bodies, and the fact that these bodies will, in time, disappear one by one all point to the fragility of the human body and, consequently, to the inevitability of impermanence. As time passes, we form temporary relationships with one another and are constantly subjected to separation. Photography itself is already concerned with separation, preserving traces of moments that can never be fully recovered. My teacher, Mark Alice Durant, describes family photographs as: “...a small celebration, a modest reverence for the importance and irreplaceability of this person, this place. A momentary denial that everything will inevitably fall apart.” [1]
— [1] Mark Alice Durant, 27 Contexts: The Anecdotal Context in Photography. (2016). 257
Nuclear Family is a series composed of photographs of myself, my brother, my mother, and my father, and seeks to draw attention to the notions of family, breath, and life. The shape the body takes while breathing, the way two bodies come together to create two other bodies, and the fact that these bodies will, in time, disappear one by one all point to the fragility of the human body and, consequently, to the inevitability of impermanence. As time passes, we form temporary relationships with one another and are constantly subjected to separation. Photography itself is already concerned with separation, preserving traces of moments that can never be fully recovered. My teacher, Mark Alice Durant, describes family photographs as: “...a small celebration, a modest reverence for the importance and irreplaceability of this person, this place. A momentary denial that everything will inevitably fall apart.” [1]
