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STATEMENT OF WORK
We Are Gathered Here
This body of work was made entirely at weddings just preceding the dawn of the iPhone, prior to which, social gatherings took on a distinctly different form. Throughout this work, there are no screens. The only object held to a face is a diminutive camera. When a device is shown, it is only for a glance. Because of this, the connections among people in these pictures remain unpolluted by screens. The blank scroll stare and phones held aloft are pleasantly absent. Escape mechanisms weren’t needed; the party itself was the escape. These pictures are a time machine marking a clear division between then and now.
Glendalis, the life and world of a youngest daughter
Glendalis Sotomayor is the protagonist of this body of work, with her friends and family present as an active, supporting cast. The work is shot exclusively in the pre-gentrified neighborhood of the Lower East Side. The family occupy a multigenerational house on Stanton Street. I was raised this way and can strongly relate to this type of family system.
Techique
I wet process my own film and prints. Through this hands-on color technique I can realize the potential of my negatives. Formats include mostly a 6x9 medium format camera.