Not Home

My parents no longer reside in my childhood home. Their current home is filled with items that I grew up surrounded by and the memories that those objects hold, but they are now contained within foreign walls. I live 1000 miles away from where I grew up while my parents live 5 miles from my childhood home.

I am interested in how the process of representing those closest to me photographically can be fraught with an array of emotions while something as simple as observing a ray of light on the kitchen floor can reveal a personal truth. I find it curious how a family portrait can speak volumes while simultaneously giving little insight into the lives of those in the image. For example, I am not pictured in the small  family photo that sits on my parents' mantle because my mother was pregnant with me at the time. 

This project is an acknowledgement and exploration of the inherent joy and sorrow that comes with the passage of time and the redefining of my relationship with my parents, their home, and how I fit into the current picture.