BELA

This project documenting our daughter, Bela, over her school years is at its core, simply a portrait - a very long term one, with some themes and ideas that may resonate out from the capture of one person's everyday life, but the more we think about it, the more “portrait” is the right word.

Because the photographs cover almost fifteen years of a highly changeable period in a young life, we are witness not only to her growing up in front of the camera but also to the evolution of her relationship to her own image over time. Not a strictly linear progression, there is an ebb and flow of vulnerability and agency, indifference and engagement.

A tiny part of a long tradition of photographers turning their practice toward their own families, we hope that beyond our own interest and bias, this hyper-focus on one specific person over time may have the power to spark a sense of human connection and wonder at everyday moments, as well as provide a catalyst for self-recognition in others.

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