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GIVING THANKS

Fall 2024.


"Giving Thanks" is a photographic series that explores the concept of home through images of human subjects and animals, emphasizing atmosphere and space. The imagery evokes feelings of familiarity and coziness while simultaneously conveying coldness and distance—reflecting my personal definition of home. By capturing the people and creatures who represent home, along with the environments they inhabit, I aim to showcase my experience: familiar and safe, but not necessarily warm and welcoming.

This series is an attempt to articulate my complex relationship with my family—a partially warm and cozy New England group reminiscent of "Home Alone,” yet also partially desolate and emotionally removed, particularly among the older generation. I believe this disconnection between generations may be a shared experience, and I hope to evoke that feeling in others as well. Animals have always been integral to my concept of family; while they offer deep comfort, there remains a certain loneliness in relying on them for closeness.

Ultimately, this work captures the nuanced blend of warmth and coldness—a confusing mix that is neither simply welcoming nor entirely detached. It reflects the intricacies of family, specifically my own, existing somewhere beyond words.