Artist Statement

In the Body and Through the Eyes is a collection of photos that represent a person’s emotions and experiences throughout the day through a 20-page photo book. I chose to present this series in a book because I wanted something the viewer could physically touch, feel, and experience rather than traditional framed prints.

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I wanted to encapsulate the feelings of being stuck inside a body that does not feel like your own, which is an experience that I have experienced. The main subjects I chose to capture were up-close shots of the human body and the eyes. As you flip through the pages, the idea of a person’s body becomes distorted and rearranged to convey the feeling of dissociation from the body. I chose to include time stamps to make the book linear and feel like a personal diary, thus creating a connection between the viewer and the person. There are only two instances where the viewer can see a pair of eyes, the first being a collaged picture of multiple eyes and the second being the very last spread of the book where the figure is shown staring directly at the viewer.

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Intimacy, dissociation, and vulnerability are the three main themes I chose to work with in this photo series The last figure in the last image intentionally looks back at you to reverse the roles of the figure and the viewer; you are being watched and analyzed this time conveying a sense of self-awareness of yourself.