Family Fictions

While I had never been drawn to collage, digital or otherwise, an invitation in 2013 to create something new from a collection of glass negatives made me think about my own trove of material. I began to pair vintage family portraits with pinhole camera shots, adding other photos or scanned objects as needed, in an attempt to make visual the stories I have heard, the impressions I have formed, about my parents and grandparents.
Digital collage of a vintage portrait of my mother, a pinhole photo from Mt. Cuba, DE, and scanned buttons.
A digital collage of vintage portraits of my parents, a pinhole photo from Barcelona, and the sky of Newark, DE. 
Digital collage of a vintage photo of my mother and a pinhole photo of Barbie dolls.
Digital collage of a vintage photo of my paternal grandfather, a scan of my EEG, and a pinhole photo of Seattle.
DIgital collage of a vintage photo of my father, a pinhole photo of a mini-golf course on LBI, NJ, and scanned butterflies.
Digital collage of my maternal grandmother, a pinhole photo of London, and a photo of the pinochle meld.