Artist Statement I used to think that the way I photograph was just something I enjoyed. I had an epiphany last semester where I realized that what I was doing meant so much more to me. I always crop my photos, as if some inherent part of me is telling me there needs to be less information, like the viewer can’t see everything. I always approach my subject coldly and closely in attempts to remove a distracting or overwhelming background. After photographing this way for so long I can’t help but feel my work is speaking to some subconscious part of me. This part of me still feels detached from my family, angry at my father for his affair, upset with my mother for never caring. I have a very selective memory, I always have. I replay conversations in my mind over and over as if I can change them so many years later. One conversation I have been thinking of through this whole process happened three years ago when I told my mother I was officially majoring in photography. To which s