Few are the people who choose migration as a way of life. Often, this situation presents itself as a need due to personal safety or lack of resources which makes existence impossible, unbearable or in some cases, life threatening.
The research for my MA final project led me to document historic grain silos as these structures were the original migrant workplaces in Texas. My aim was to create a body of work that would initially engage visually.
These physical photographic images were first manipulated by hand and this tactile approach has become a necessary part of the process in my practice. The manipulations were then suspended, installed and rephotographed in front of a dense black background, representing an unknown yawning black abyss, where they were only able to move by the disturbance created by people passing by.
The background is an integral part of the final image and the placement of the pieces was carefully considered to create the impression of fragility above an unknown abyss of risk, angst and fear. My intention is that the sense of motion and movement in these solemn spaces creates intriguing images that bring about dialogue between viewers.
