Immigration Day (Work in Progress)
2019- Present
On the 21 December 1999 Elizabeth's family immigrated to the United States of America. This day has played a significant role in her transnational identity. It is from this day forward that she began to experience the constant oscillation of two selves. Continually longing for what once was while at the same time attempting to assimilate to her new home in search of acceptance and a sense of belonging. In Elizabeth’s series Immigration Day, she returns to her first home in America exactly twenty years after her Immigration Day. Through using cyanotypes and photograms Elizabeth creates a record of this personally significant location. Cataloguing the rain that fell on that day, the textures of the trees and the cracks in the pavement. Each impression fixed on to the light sensitive paper acts as a marker of time. Each image documenting the space providing evidence of its existence and a reminder of past memories.
Rain Cyanotypes: Through the use of camera-less photography techniques Elizabeth creates a record of her first home in America. Rain Cyanotypes catalogues the rain that fell on the anniversary of her Immigration day documenting the weather, each droplet fixed on to the light sensitive paper acts as a marker of time and a reminder of the past.
Frottage Photograms: Coming Soon!
These images were created using the frottage drawing method which were later turned into digital negatives to create photograms in the colour darkroom. Elizabeth input the numbers from the date of her immigration day into the yellow, magenta, and cyan dials of the enlarger to create these images. This camera-less photography technique creates a record of this personally significant location.
These images were created using the frottage drawing method which were later turned into digital negatives to create photograms in the colour darkroom. Elizabeth input the numbers from the date of her immigration day into the yellow, magenta, and cyan dials of the enlarger to create these images. This camera-less photography technique creates a record of this personally significant location.
