The making of this project stands very near and dear to my heart. I enjoyed the process but once I was face to face with the final product and had the amazing opportunity to listen to everyone's interpretation I close to nearly bawled. I made this project thinking of my mom and her mom who passed close to a year ago. I loved riffling through her makeup since I was a little kid and this project was the perfect opportunity to showcase that. It made me think about makeup as a whole and the bonds women form through it. Made me question if my mom ever stole makeup from my grandma when she was growing up and if she also still has it today, forever frozen in time in order to not let go of of the memory of her, alive and incandescent and putting on lipstick while smiling at a mirror.
These pictures I choreographed I had loads of fun with. I set up everyones paper mache projects on a cross walk and took pictures from different perspectives trying to sell the illusion that these objects had come alive!