When Words Failed Me is a narrative, artistic interpretation of a linguistic-based fine art body of work imbued with magical realism to communicate my emotional vicissitude as I battled breast cancer. This body of work expresses the pain and fear I confronted, juxtaposed with my heightened appreciation and love for life.
Created and produced through a concoction of constructed and directed reality artistic involvements, When Words Failed Me shares the complexities of my journey by weaving together layers of coalesced allegory and symbolism. As such, this fine art series manifests as aesthetically and intellectually driven imagery, allowing each photograph to be a chimera of reflective and closed-intent outcomes.
Throughout this body of work, visual metaphors are applied by allusion through the subject matter of each image. The utilization of mimesis leads viewers into familiar yet altered landscapes while the deliberate alteration of color draws them to a realm that flickers between fantasy and fiction. The culmination of these techniques presents as a modern-day, photographic alchemical illustration that surpasses a single narrative.
