(Miss)Understood, 2017-18

Film Photography printed on acetate, plastic vinyl, spray-paint, lipstick, foundation, nail polish. All photographs and acetate sheets 24x24in.

(Miss)Understood represents my interest in creating a unit in which the individuality of each woman is present. I have created a project that deals with the limitations that are placed on women in - and by - our culture through the use of film photography and installation. Using a variety of materials such as photographs, makeup, and clear sheets of plastic, I attempt to create space in which the individuality of my subjects is privileged over their image, physicality, representation, or visage.

The use of clear materials and opaque materials plays with the ideas of transparency and layers, creating a multidimensional body of work that together represents the dichotomy in society as a whole: the expectations and misconceptions placed on women versus the real women beneath those expectations. While the viewers vision may be obscured at first, the viewer is invited to peel back the layers in hopes of revealing the truth that lies beneath.