Foto de Familia

This work features a family portrait from my mother’s childhood, transferred onto a corroded copper plate. The image shows my grandparents, my aunt, and my mother, with the corroded patina spreading like lakes seen from above, adding an abstract, topographical element to the piece. The emulsion lift technique creates a translucent effect, allowing parts of the image to fade into the copper, reflecting the fleeting nature of memory and the unpredictable process of remembering and forgetting. Inspired by artist June Clark’s musings on photography and memory, this piece invites the viewer to question whether the image is disappearing or revealing itself, encapsulating the duality of loss and revelation inherent in the act of remembering “Is the content in this photograph receding… or is it revealing itself?”