Taking My Life Back

BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition

Exhibition Statement

Taking My Life Back is a collection of photographs about me taking claim of my life again. I’ve never felt so disconnected from everyone I know and myself than after the 529 days spent in quarantine. I was getting through one day at a time while longing for the life that I should have been experiencing. I was so disengaged from art and being creative because everything was online, and I started to resent taking pictures. Once life was back to some sort of “normal” I took the opportunity to take pictures of my friends without the pressure of them needing to be perfect. They sparked a creative energy in me to explore how to photograph in actively making my life what I wanted it to be.

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The photographs were taken in a 6-month span across a variety of locations, but mainly taken in a domestic setting. They show some of the more exciting parts of college life but also the calm, mundane moments of friends hanging out. Not only did I start to feel more alive, but my house did too. I was able to invite people over to do homework knowing after an hour it would turn into us hanging out. In turn I enjoyed my alone time because I didn’t feel trapped in the house anymore. Before I wasn’t just longing for the fun, crazy times with my friends, I also missed the everyday events of living with your best friends. These photographs represent and depict me taking my life back and crafting it into what I want.

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