God Forgive Me for the Curses I Cast on these Graves

"God Forgive me for the Curses I Cast on These Graves” is a photo series illustrating my feelings towards Stanford University, it’s history, and it's founders. With its primary subject being Hoover Tower and the Stanford family Mausoleum, the photos emulate the weight of the supremacy that is constantly looming over me wherever I stand. The photos collectively stand as reminders of the conservative colonial histories that made Stanford and led to a hate crime committed against me. After her son’s death, Jane Stanford traveled to Egypt and collected other artifacts to display in the museum built in memory of him. Even the sphinxes guarding the Stanford family graves are a reminder of their role in the colonization of my country. It is my belief the sphinxes would not want to be there if they knew who they were guarding.The sphinx represents strength, authority, sacred status, and scourge. The Stanford name is not worthy to be protected by these creatures. They are the same people that the sphinx would protect against. At times, the sphinx is my only reminder on campus of home, but to visit them is to visit the graves of my oppressors, and I don’t greet them with prayers.