The Idea of Home
“The Idea of Home” is an ongoing body of photographs that chronicle a biannual trip home to visit my parents at their seasonal cottage in New Hampshire and primary residence in Connecticut. Since I have resided in Texas for nearly five years now, my concept of home feels altered; I am reminded of the distance between my place of origin and my current location increasingly with each trip back to the Northeast. While I consider these places to be home, the growing sense of nostalgia reminds me that I am seeing “home” from the outside and am no longer a direct part of it. Concurrently, while I identify with these places I find myself investigating them as if I’m seeing them for the first time with each visit. In these images, I aim to capture elements of place that resonate ideas of home, family, closeness, distance, nostalgia, and comfort.
Submitted to Winter 2010 Showcase
The Idea of Home
“The Idea of Home” is an ongoing body of photographs that chronicle a biannual trip home to visit my parents at their seasonal cottage in New Hampshire and primary residence in Connecticut. Since I have resided in Texas for nearly five years now, my concept of home feels altered; I am reminded of the distance between my place of origin and my current location increasingly with each trip back to the Northeast. While I consider these places to be home, the growing sense of nostalgia reminds me that I am seeing “home” from the outside and am no longer a direct part of it. Concurrently, while I identify with these places I find myself investigating them as if I’m seeing them for the first time with each visit. In these images, I aim to capture elements of place that resonate ideas of home, family, closeness, distance, nostalgia, and comfort.
Submitted to Winter 2010 Showcase