Christine Tran

 

Artist Statement:

 

 

 

A couple of years ago, I moved from one coast to another, away from a place that held all the signifiers of home. 

As a direct result, this series of photographs emerged as an exploration of memory, nostalgia, loss and longing. 

They are also about the confusion of physically being in one place, while belonging socially and emotionally to another. 

The images are of people and places close to me, yet they are staged.  Like the effects of distance and the daydream of home,

the distinction between memory and reality is blurred, and my photographs exist as both fact and fiction.