The subject of memory has always dominated my work. In recent years, this has taken the form of explorations of process and the suggestive nature of photographs. I am forever fascinated by the power of photographic images over memories, even their power to distort our memories. This newest work follows the same train of thought, seeking to reconstruct and construct the past through photographic suggestion. I’ve based these images on photographs, stories and longings culled from my own family and inner anxieties. Anything that makes a shadow can form an image in the darkroom, and I create my negatives using multiple layers of collage, pencil drawings, and photographs printed on typing paper. I titled these “photogenic drawings” after the early inventor Talbot’s description of his first experiments using the shadows of objects to make images.