AESTHETICS 2024 at The Perfect Exposure Gallery
How do you remember your childhood playground?
After a long hiatus AESTHETICS, the annual group photography show at The Perfect Exposure Gallery, is back. Coincidentally, so am I.
Like many, my life was drastically affected by the pandemic in 2020. The last four years have been filled with loss, change, growth, joy, and pain. Among these life changes is a reconnection with El Salvador, where I spent a significant part of my childhood. Over the past five years, I’ve been traveling and creating images that help me document the experience.
HOMEGOING is an ongoing project. It is a series of images that capture the interplay of childhood memories with current realities. Returning to El Salvador after a 30-year absence proving to be both beautiful and traumatic. Seeing realities through adult eyes is jarring when compared to the innocent interpretation of a child. Childhood memories shattered by abandon.
I selected one image from this series to show at The Perfect Exposure Gallery. It will be on view through January 26, 2025, at The Perfect Exposure Gallery, 2424 W. Valley Blvd. Alhambra, CA 91803.