coquettish decay
2025
Unique Antique 19th century daguerreotype cases featuring pigment prints from the series on Hahnemuhle Agave paper sized approx. 2 x 2.5.
As a visual artist, my work centers on storytelling as a means of exploring memory, identity and place. Coquettish Decay is a photographic series that merges image and text, allowing viewers to engage with the work both visually and conceptually.
The photographs, made during a retreat off the coast of Georgia, are paired with handwritten excerpts from William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily. Drawing from the literary tradition of Southern Gothic, the work explores themes of history and legacy.
Repurposed nineteenth-century daguerreotype cases are a part of the project, featuring images from the series. These antique photo cases, period-appropriate to the story’s setting, evoke objects the protagonist might have owned and a sense of the tradition and legacy of that time.
