Bathroom-From series Home, Sweet Home
Jesaca Lin
Home, Sweet Home…
…Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
–Sir Henry Bishop
Home, Sweet Home addresses perceived sociological and psychological effects of poverty on the development of a particular family through the use of photography. Often, family members are our first subjects and we photograph them because of familiarity and proximity. However, the flaws that are seemingly inherent in every family will inevitably surface within the photographs, making such projects one of the hardest for the same reasons. For this project the viewer is introduced to a family and a childhood. Through the selective use of deep shadows; dilapidation; and uniformity of structures, my anxiety as spectator and participant is conveyed. Jonathan Lin is experiencing his childhood before my eyes and the shocking differences between our childhoods became the motivation for this project. I recognize that home can be located in different physical spaces because I’ve experienced relocation. For Jonathan this is the only home he knows.
Photograph taken by Jesaca Lin at the age of 7, Brooklyn, NY.[Kandinsky, Spiritual in Art]
