Statues across the Metropolis of San Francisco

I got here to San Francisco in fall 2017, and since then I’ve continuously requested myself how I’m going to recollect the place.

The unique plan of me coming right here was in order that my mom might come and stick with me for some time. However she didn’t make it. She handed away because of home violence proper earlier than I left for the States.

I made a decision to nonetheless come, like attempting to satisfy a promise that might by no means be fulfilled. I’d carry an image body with my mom’s {photograph} in it to each new place that I go to, as if she had made it.

One factor about San Francisco that by no means ceases to amaze me is the abundance of public artwork. The inventive environment right here within the Bay Space is simply very totally different from the place I got here from.

These days, I’ve observed that statues are so generally seen right here to some extent that many individuals don’t even pay a lot consideration to them. It out of the blue involves me that the statues which I’ve seen are literally not simply statues. They’re greater than landmarks. I see my footprints in them. Every of them represents a tiny phase of the town in my reminiscence and triggers a powerful visible recall.

I shot the statues in each color and black and white, since it’s exactly how I see the world. After I say color, I don’t imply shiny and vivid colors. I muted the color deliberately to convey a few sure temper. All that has occurred in my life, the abuse that I’ve skilled and the truth that my mom handed away because of home violence, has modified my manner of decoding the world. The emotions of loss and grief are tormenting me. The world would appear to change into gloomier, or swiftly flip colourless at occasions even, and the tonality of the images, the shortage of vibrancy in color, displays such emotion.

The statues hint out my life right here in San Francisco. After I take a look at them, I see not solely the locations that I’ve visited and the issues that I’ve been doing throughout my keep right here within the space, but additionally the sorrow and rage that develop inside me as every day goes by. They evoke reminiscences. They’re among the many many magnificent gems that my mom would have seen along with her personal eyes had she lived. Photographing the statues is my pursuit of capturing and depicting the town of San Francisco in addition to my strategy to dealing with the agony.