Jennifer Long
*1974 Comox, British Columbia - CND

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Series Portrait

ennifer Long’s Portrait series explores the process of memory and its connection to photography and the souvenir. Hair and photographic mementos are objects of touch, sight and remembrance, which have the ability to hold the essence of a loved one long after they, or the moment, has passed. Inspired by this conver-

2007, Edition of 5 in each size
Archival inkjet print
44” x 36” / 112 x 91,5 cm
22" x 17" / 56 x 43 cm
 

sation, Long began collecting locks of hair from womenin her community. Arranging and sculpting the strands into still lives of movement and gesture, the resulting imagery reference drawing and mourning jewelry while dialoguing on issues of identity, portraiture, and the question of beauty.




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