Left Unsaid is about healing and coming to terms with past mistakes. Using her mouth as the physical camera, she apologizes both metaphorically and physically for the hurtful words that were once spoken and captures the moments when what has been left unsaid for so long is finally expressed.
The abnormal shapes of the photographs are due to the fact that the artist had to individually cut each frame of film in complete darkness in order to fit the film in her mouth. The image is then created as she opens her mouth exposing the film to light as she engages with her subjects.
These images portray the people she holds closest and the damaged relationships that have just begun to mend. The abstract dark aesthetic of the portraits portrays the conflicting feelings, painful history, and heightened tensions that surround these memories and relationships.
The scratches and imperfections seen on the negatives are a result of having to handle the pieces of film in unusual ways and from having to develop each frame one-by-one.
Each photo is produced as a large c-print face mounted to plexiglass, which is then cut to the shape of the negative.
