I am Present, 2019

materials: digital photographic matte print 30 x 30 cm

‘I am Present’, is an attempt document the elusive life of skin. These fragmented skin portraits, stand in for the individuals photographed, acting as signifiers of their existence.

Presented unframed these photographs like the skin are susceptible to being marked and damaged, alluding to their own material life span. Unprotected the photographs surface is exposed, similar to the pictured remnants of skin emerging from the fabric encasing.