A Preview of Double Layers
After a long and quiet season of making, I’m opening a window.
Double Layers is a new body of work, a visual journal told in sky and skin, code and memory.
This is the most personal work I’ve ever shared. Though not every image shows my face, every one is a self portrait. My fingerprints are there. My style, my questions, my longing. This is a series of nine reflections, each one a way of saying here I am, even when it hurts to look.
When I studied photography, a teacher once told me to run toward what scares me. That advice stayed with me. My final project in school was a slideshow of self portraits. I was terrified. I remember how quiet the music was. I remember my voice shaking. I thought people would see me too clearly, and not like what they saw.
At graduation, a classmate introduced me by saying I had photographed the one thing I was most afraid of — myself.
In many ways, Double Layers is a continuation of that moment. A return to the same edge, a deeper breath. It’s vulnerable. It’s brave. It’s a process of healing through seeing. Though I am no longer in the darkroom, I am still in the practice of exposure.
Each image is constructed from layered photographs, hand-finished Hahnemühle German Etching prints, and symbolic visual elements. Moiré patterns and digital interface evoke transition and memory. The analog and the digital meet in quiet conversation. Every piece is presented as a small etching print placed over a magnetized maple dye sublimation panel, held together by a spherical neodymium magnet. A gesture that recalls placing a child’s artwork on the fridge. An act of recognition. An act of love.
In the coming weeks, Double Layers will be shared more publicly. Thank you for being here while I gather the courage to show myself.
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