I Will Always Love You (2024)
I carry within me an existential fear of losing my time with the people closest to me. Not strictly through death but through life itself. That, through the opportunities that life offers I gradually lose my connection and time with those I love. Presently asking Will I ever experience a moment like this, with you, together, ever again? Can I trust my bare memory to remember what we talked about, or what you wore, or how we existed. I want to remember you. With photography as my ground, I use this medium to immortalize the essence of the people I love. To keep their image and memory alive in ways that simultaneously transcend and strengthen the limitations of memory. What I’ve captured from January 2024 - April 2024, are more than just images.
Besides from my actions and words, this is how I love you. This is how I choose to keep you close to me even when life hesitates us.
There are those I was not able to photograph, and there are those I wish I could have
photographed more. However their images and my love for them still exist with me, both in the recesses of my heart and safeties of my library.
I will always remember you.
I will always love you.
Artspace Gallery TMU - 401 Richmond - Summer 2024