Constructed Portraits are made using my archive of photographic negatives, the labor of my hand, and modern tools, including AI. Instead of relying on technology to create, I use it to revise and generate components that I assemble into a female-presenting portrait. My process allows me to infuse craftsmanship and a study of beauty into the work while addressing an elusive topic: the optics of female representation.
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Revising History is made by replacing the entire central figure in vernacular photographs with images of myself. I intend the work to engage the audience in a conversation about how historical depictions of women, rife with aesthetically pleasing glamour, are used to help us idealize the American past. Using performative techniques and stagecraft, I transform into a protagonist– navigating her societal expectations sardonically– in order to draw a sharp parallel with the culture of discrimination women still experience today.
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The Rockabillies, published in 2008 by the Center for American Places, is work that examines a unique subculture of participants who have co-opted the looks of mid-twentieth century Americans.
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