Polaroid Lifts 2026

This piece continues to center moments drawn from neglected communities. Using film photography collage to build layered, fragmented narratives that reflect both what is visible and what is erased. Through this process, the work expresses a deep and growing frustration with a national climate in which many communities feel increasingly targeted and destabilized by those in power—whether through immigration raids, the separation of families, or widespread government infringements on unalienable rights. These experiences are not abstract, but lived realities that disrupt safety and belonging.

The fractured nature of collage mirrors this instability, creating a visual language of interruption and dissonance that speaks to this anger. The piece serves as both a personal and collective response to a country that, in many ways, appears to be turning away from its own people. Insisting on holding space for the stories and voices that continue to be overlooked or ignored.