Reflections on some social constructs such as age-ism, beauty standards, the patriarchy and feminism.

PROJECTS

TIRED

Tired is a reflection of ageism and our obsession for youth. It delves into how social constructs have evolved, making society believe their worth is attached to production and youthful beauty standards. It gives the same importance to women’s limp bodies as to used tires, objects that linger on for centuries being useless after a short amount of useful time.
These images aim to bring a feeling of being obsolete and disposable when the all so subjective “prime years” have passed.

VANITY

This series is a reaction towards the growing use of photoshop and filters in photography, the inclination of most people to show themselves in social media in a way that makes them seem happier, a better version, a more aesthetically perfect person.
The images synchronize with the notion of being in that recurrent dream in which we are naked in front of an audience at our most vulnerable state.

I chose to scan my face in a way that shows all of the imperfections, pores and details of my face. The way some parts of my skin makes the blood not flow into those areas and appear white, almost lifeless. I feel exposed, vulnerable, naked.

INTELLIGENT PRODUCT

Female expectations and role assumptions

This series reinterprets certain house roles, that have long been assigned to women, in way that indicates that she is becoming the functional chore herself, while trying to take care of them. Keeping up with all of this plus work, in a world where social media has taken over our lives, makes us feel like we are never good enough.

Time Out (Auto-bullying)

This was part of an exhibit at the Louvre Museum in Paris Through the SEE ME community in 2015

Time Out is about how sometimes our relationship with ourselves can be the hardest to have. The way we always our hardest judges. we auto-bully ourselves and keep repeating we are not enough. Not a good mother enough, not enough of a professional, not beautiful enough…