Silhouette and Shadow of Life
Image 1 Title Runway ©2015, Image Size 14" x 20 3/4", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2015, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
In the series “Reality and Imagination”, I photograph the movement of the tide and sand at the beach as a visual metaphor to explore the interaction between the culture of the host country and the culture of the immigrant living abroad.
Image 2 Title Skip The Worry ©2013, Image Size 13.5" x 20 3/4", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2013, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 3 Title Seeker ©2015, Image Size 14" x 20 3/4", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2015, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 4 Title Engagement ©2016, Image Size 14.5" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2016, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 5 Title Broken ©2016, Image Size 14" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2016, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 6 Title Conscientious Offer ©2015, Image Size 14" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2015, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 7 Title Halo ©2015, Image Size 14" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2015, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 8 Title Untitled ©2015, Image Size 14" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2015, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 9 Title Continuous Cycle ©2016, Image Size 14" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2016, Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 10 Title The Load ©2016, Image Size 14" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2016, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 11 Title Red Parasol ©2016, Image Size 14" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2016, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
Image 12 Untitled ©2015, Image Size 14" x 20", Paper Size 17" x 22", Year 2015, Medium Photograph/Archival Pigment Print
The silhouette and the shadow represent the two cultures. Both the silhouette and or the shadow depends on light to exist, just as the host culture depends on the presence of the immigrant to exist.
This is a series that I have worked on for well over a decade while being my mother’s caregiver for close to 15 years.
These images are basically as they are in the instant they were created.
