Personal Projects
This collection of personal work explores themes of identity, memory, and emotional inheritance through a research-driven and experimental design process. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Francesca Woodman, as well as archival imagery and family-influenced visual language, these pieces examine how lived experience and generational narratives shape perception and self-understanding. One work functions as a social commentary on generational trauma experienced by women, using a black-and-white composition of a mother and daughter to emphasize the cyclical nature of learned behavior, silence, and inherited emotional weight. Another diptych responds to Woodman’s exploration of fragility and transformation, contrasting monochrome and color imagery to express the tension between vulnerability and empowerment. Together, these projects reflect an ongoing investigation into the body, memory, and the emotional complexities passed through generations, using photography and composition as tools for reflection and dialogue.
Given Wings
This diptych is inspired by Francesca Woodman’s Angel series and her exploration of fragility, transformation, and the tension between presence and disappearance. In Woodman’s work, the figure often hovers between the physical and the ethereal, using the body to suggest both confinement and escape. This piece echoes that duality through one black-and-white image and one color photograph of a girl posed with outstretched wings. The contrast between the two images reflects a shifting state between vulnerability and power, grounding the figure in reality while simultaneously suggesting transcendence. Together, the pair considers what it means to be both weighed down by the body and longing for flight.
Learned Behavior
This piece functions as a social commentary on generational trauma experienced by women, inspired by the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the surrounding right-wing discourse. Through research into Francesca Woodman’s work and the influence of my father’s graphite drawings of vintage photographs, I was drawn to the idea of how women internalize society’s perceptions through learned behavior. Presented in black and white, the absence of color emphasizes the universality and indiscriminate nature of trauma while keeping focus on the relationship between the figures. The composition depicts a mother and daughter, with the mother covering the daughter’s eyes and the daughter mirroring the gesture, illustrating how trauma and silence can be passed between generations. The work invites viewers, especially women, to reflect on their own histories and the legacy of their maternal lineage.
Smaller Projects
