The presence of absence

Abstract

The experience of a loss due to death has been portrayed in the art world in many forms and through many perspectives. Using my photographic abilities, I have given my perspective of what I experienced while mourning the loss of my mother. The inspiration to do this project was the approaching date of my birthdate in which I turned 48, the same age as my mother when she left this world. Even though it has been 17 years I still feel the pain of my mother's absence. I have symbolically represented my mother in my photographs as a void in the images, and placed texts beside them to portray my thoughts and emotions. I chose to develop the images in black and white and displayed them in white frames for uniformity. The technical inspiration for the developing of the photographs and how the images were displayed in the Atrium Gallery came from multiple artists, past and present.