Description
As a self-taught documentary photographer, I have sought out spaces where I could expand my understanding of the artform and how captured images can impact public policy and be a vehicle to empower historically marginalized individuals and communities. I perceive my journey as “Looking through the Lens of Eldership.” I choose to create monochrome images because they allow me to focus on shapes, textures, contrast and composition without the distraction of color. My images challenge the viewer to explore life’s complexities void of the seduction of color.
My pieces for the theme “Welcome Home” are representations of spaces I associate with where I find peace of mind and symbolize a destination/place where I feel I have arrived and no longer have to be in search of a place to rest. They are structural and environmental markers which ground me to a community which holds the physical site where I feel safe and connected to family – my home.
My photography is an extension of my relationship with people, places and things. Home is a universal concept. As a historically marginalized person, my perception of home is multidimensional and extends beyond the confines of the physical location in which I reside. It possesses a cultural and familial legacy from which my spirit and ancestors were torn-Africa.
