Through estranged compositions, I reimagine familiar objects as unstable yet lifelike. Drawing from childhood and memory, the work explores belonging, identity, and the elusive, ever- shifting concept of home..

My series of photographs examines the relationship between memory and displacement by recontextualizing objects that span different time periods—fragments of personal and collective histories. A toy from the 1950s, a Game Boy, an old ship’s compass, a vintage light fixture, a bell, or a soda bottle—each of these objects carries cultural and emotional weight, acting as artifacts of past lives and shifting identities. They appear both unstable and lifelike, as if possessed, embodying a sense of familiarity and estrangement. Through controlled compositions, I explore the tension between rootedness and impermanence, reflecting my ongoing search for home.

These objects, once embedded in domestic spaces, are now isolated from their original contexts, suspended in a state of transition. Their instability mirrors the experience of being caught between belonging and detachment, between a place once called home and the need to redefine it.

Each piece, chosen intuitively, forms part of a fragmented timeline—suggesting the way memory reconstructs home not as a single place, but as a shifting, layered experience.
This visual dialogue is shaped by my own journey as an adoptee, navigating the complexities of identity and the ways in which material objects anchor us to histories that are both personal and inherited. By deconstructing their context, I invite viewers to reflect on their own relationships with memory, place, and the lingering presence of things left behind.