Skills:Digital Printing, Film Scanning, Book Layout/Design, Photo Editing, Black & White Printing, Mixed Media, Curating, Exhibition Design, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Sculpting
School:
University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design , MFA 2016
University of Pennsylvania, BA cum laude, 2003 in Fine Art and African American Studies
Haul: Gift to My Daughter Candela Gallery, Richmond VA
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Haul: Gift to My Daughter
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Emily Schiffer
2024
Date of Work
Mar 2016 - Mar 2019
Updated Mar 2019
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Family Album
This sculptural work considers photography's role in the creation of family narratives. Hanging from the ceiling in a giant net are the contents of family photo albums, owned by the parents of the artist and her husband before they were born. Thousands of hand-framed images bury each other, emphasizing the impossibility of understanding one's history, and posing questions about photography's role in what is remembered and forgotten.
