My work is grounded in photography and collage, using images of my own body alongside photographs of industrial materials such as metal, glass, and other architectural fragments. When photographing myself, I contort and stretch my anatomy to produce abject, destabilized forms; in public spaces, I’m drawn to harshly lit structures where light and shadow confuse depth perception. I construct my collages by identifying directional energy within my images, and using movement, tension, and visual force to determine the flow of each composition.
I work with a deliberate temporal distance between photographing and composing, allowing the passage of time to mirror the process of healing and reckoning with emotional trauma. This process began as a response to the death of my older sister when I was seventeen, and continues to examine how identities and traditions fracture under immense turmoil. Rather than seeking resolution, my work articulates a ruptured, distorted experience of life.
J (b. 2000, New York)
sinwithoutgod@gmail.com