4 Sides of The Table
4 Sides of The Table was made from 2022-24.
In the spring of 2017, I was with my mother in an empty room. The light of the sun was shining through the windows. Her best friend June was at her bedside reading poetry aloud. My mother died a few hours later.
Since I could no longer take pictures of my mother, it seemed natural to me to photograph June. I photographed her hands, her legs, from the back, from the front, partial views etc. feeling I could convince myself she was my mother more easily by photographing her in parts rather than in showing her whole figure. During the months that I was visiting June, her daughter unexpectedly passed away. I thought after that she might not want to continue our time together taking pictures, but she did. The camera gave us the freedom we needed to imagine we belonged to each other.
4 Sides of The Table is about the time it takes for light to pass through a room, to eat a loaf of bread, or for someone to die. I hope to recreate or extend that time even if only in an empty hand. I wanted this quality of holding on to what has passed to exist.