Working with images from my personal and family archive feels like speaking from my subconscious. There is vulnerability hidden inside there that I try to capture and hold on to through images. I use photography to make a connection between my present and past, where both the camera and the photo darkroom become mirrors that allow me to see myself.
Tender translates this visual journey of self-discovery, where there’s a longing to return to moments that have been lost.
This need to reconnect through images started at an early age by observing family photos to understand what came before. I lost my father when I was very young. His sudden absence left an impact on my family dynamics, shaping not only how I grew up but how I learned to navigate the world as a woman. I select from my mother’s archive, merging some of her photographs with my own, creating a visual dialogue between her, myself and my sister. These photos become physical objects, ripped and reassembled as fragments of manipulated memories.
Through the series Tender I want to suggestively reveal how this loss shapes my understanding of female sexuality and intimacy. With images giving visibility to this absence that shaped us and the growing apart it created. How we as women hold space for tenderness within the complex distance made by others between us.
