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These cyanotype prints, with their intentionally faded quality, evoke a sense of nostalgia—images from another era, now worn and weathered by time. The act of tearing the prints apart and reconstructing them through collage emphasizes the human effort to hold on to what is slipping away. Memories, once vivid and clear, become fragmented as we age, much like these torn and reassembled pieces. Yet, in the reassembly, there is a sense of agency—a desire to make sense of the disjointed moments of our lives, to reclaim some semblance of the whole. This process parallels the way we try to piece together faded memories, often reconstructing them in a way that reflects our emotional or subjective understanding, rather than objective accuracy.
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As years pass, memories grow less concrete, and what remains are the faint impressions of past experiences. These impressions may not be as detailed or precise, but they retain a "pure expression" of the essence of what was once felt. In these series, the cyanotype’s blue tones, fading as if submerged in time’s currents, mirror the idea that what endures from our past is not the sharp clarity of specific events, but rather the emotional and existential core of those memories—what we carry forward in the form of feelings, rather than words or images.

Rendezvous, Cyanotype Prints, Collage on paper, Each Collage: 6" x 9", 2024