NATURAL DECEPTIONS: 'In this collection of photographs of my mother she performs certain
tropes used to visualize female beauty and sexuality. This act is
further complicated as her appearance and gestures fluctuate between my
overt stylized ideals and her own physical body. These photographs
expose an awkwardness and tension in being looked at and scrutinized
while also implying a longing to be seen as desirable and beautiful. By
creating images that can be perceived as both garish and seductive, I
question the fantasy of idealized beauty and what culture designates as
flattering and desirable.'
