Faculty of Art
Printmaking & Publications
Haley Burbine
Who I'm Made From
Mixed Media
2021
Acrylic Paint and Personal Photographs
Image: 5x7 Frame: 8x10
This was my first professional photograph taken and has hung in my house for as long as I can remember. As I was going through photographs for this series, I came across two separate images; one of my mom and one of my dad. Together these two images shockingly made up my portrait. My gaze, facial expression and curly hair mirrors my moms photograph as a child, while my seated position mirrored by dads. This piece explores that parallel presence that we experience in our life and how we do not always notice these subtle coincidences that make us who we are.
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Haley Burbine
“The walls of my family home are filled with frames that hold distant memories. The images within them range from old to new and coloured to black and white. Being surrounded by these photos everyday,...” [More]