Antithesis of a revelation, 2025
archival inkjet prints
16” x 20”
The house was ablaze, but I feared looking back. What if I too was a pillar of salt?
Antithesis of a Revelation wrestles with the cyclical nature of grief and a newfound understanding of family. Set against a leveled midwestern horizon, this work weaves together nearly a decade of lived reality with my own internal imaginings in an attempt to cope with my parent's separation and the loss of my childhood home.
For several years, my work pulled back– away from the specifics of my lived experiences and onto more universal topics. Resentment kept me from focusing on this, now foreign, domestic landscape. Still, I photographed. The resulting images are a collection of dissociative moments. My camera had become a form of armor– taking me outside of the present and allowing me to exist alongside my father. We made pictures as a way to avoid deeper conversations. The camera a cartographic tool for navigating our collective guilt. Antithesis of a Revelation offers a cathartic examination of what it means to simultaneously grow together while drifting apart.