Presence of Absence (Saudade)

Gelatin Silver Print, 8x10 inches.

£200

The series “Homesick” examines the contrast between my transient, international childhood and current life in the suburbs. While reckoning with putting down roots for the first time, I also struggled with the isolation of caregiving. These images capture the dichotomy of my liminal moments of freedom outdoors while also remaining restricted to our property. Moments I spent alone but also in plain sight of my children and neighbors, using my body as a cartographic tool for delineating and transgressing edges and boundaries, longing for connection but also for the security of separation.