Martina L O P E Z
My work centers around the idea of gener-
ations and how we become who we are,
because of how we were raised and what we
experience. I believe people share similar
basic experiences and that we as humans
aren't so different from each other or
from our ancestors. To allow the viewer to
bring their own family history to my
images, I use found 19th Century portraits
to create a collective history.
In the way of Tradition, 2 speaks specifically
about families, aging, and loyalties. The title
has a double meaning; standing in the way of,
or preventing tradition, as well as following
tradition.
process:
Created on a Mac IIci, 250mb hard disk, 20mb
ram using Adobe Photoshop. Photographic mater-
ials were scanned using a Microtek flatbed
scanner. The file was then outputted to a 4"
x 5" transparency from a Solitarie film recorder
then printed through traditional photography.
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