“Blueprints” gravitates towards the notion that our home is the reflection of ourselves. Instead of conventional photographic portraiture, in this body of work I reveal the personalities of my subjects by depicting the contents of their homes. “Blueprints” do resemble architectural floor plans; however, they are in fact an unusual form of portrait.
Every object within the walls of my subject’s home, rendered inside the divisional lines of the “Blueprints,” is a clue about the person’s character and personality. The way the content of a house is arranged reveals, in a whisper, whether the person is organized, chaotic, romantic, divorced.
The choice of each specific item is my way of illustrating aspects of my subject’s life. I place these items in the floor plan of their homes, creating an image structure that resembles a patchwork. I expose to the viewer my perception of the person portrayed. Such exposure is not sharp, it is neither precise nor translucent; it is rather blurred, hard to read, just like portraits can be.
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