Imprinted

Women are, the keepers of the culture, bearing tradition on our shoulders. As an immigrant woman, I think of memories as the foundation of the human mind, and a recurrent place to go when re-defining our identities. Although the wardrobe with its drawers filled with the mute tumult of memories is not always open; certain objects, a song, a poem or even a particular scent, have the ability to conjure them back. I photograph objects that evoke a particular place or personal history to explore ideas about identity: gender, territory, and language. The immigrant memories, more associated with a distant place, “there and then”, establish a dialog with traditions of the adopted homeland, “here and now”, thus attaining a new significance, exploring the contrast across boundaries and creating a seamless pot of identity.