"Archived Memories" is a tribute to my grandparents, who played a pivotal role in shaping the person I am today. Using projection, I layered old photographs of them onto a book to create a trompe-l'œil effect. This approach symbolizes the act of turning intangible memories into something tangible and enduring, much like the stories and values they passed down to me. My grandparents raised me with love and care, leaving me with cherished memories that continue to guide me. This project holds special meaning as both of them have passed away—my grandmother in 2016 and my grandfather this year. Through this work, I aim to honor their legacy and reflect on the enduring connection between memory, love, and the physical objects that help us preserve them.

These photographs reflect my journey of adjustment and self-discovery during a pivotal time in my life. Taken at the park I visited as a 14-year-old migrant, the images convey the loneliness and fear I felt while adapting to a new environment. My blurred figure on one side of the frame symbolizes uncertainty, while the empty space on the other emphasizes feelings of isolation. Captured in the quiet stillness of early mornings, these photographs revisit a place where I found moments of solace and began to navigate the challenges of a new life.

My first project is titled "Hospital Hallways". This project captures the atmosphere of the hospital spaces that shaped much of my experience growing up. Through images of various hallways—the suite hallways leading to patient rooms, the admitting area, and the testing area—I aimed to document the spaces that became familiar fixtures in my life while caring for my sickly grandmother (who is a huge part of my life). Each hallway holds a different part of the hospital experience that I am most familiar with, representing the essence of the quietness, waiting, and vulnerability, which are all a part of me navigating my grandmother's illness. The corridors tell a story of resilience and the passage of time in places that can often feel isolating yet deeply personal.

(This project stemmed from my initial concept of "Path" and taking pictures of pathways that people commonly take, but I decided to do a more personal approach at the end.)

The main concept I thought of for this image is basically the meaning of paths and where roads lead you. Growing up, my grandmother was sickly so the view of hospital hallways was all too familiar to me, and I think because of that there's something I associate with that view. I wanted to convey in the image how a path can have a meaning to someone even if it's small, like for example, maybe the path in the image I took is a path that people like to walk in to get to their favorite class. The main composition of this image is just an image of a long road/hallway/walkway/pathway.

I have quite a bunch of smiskis at home and they all do different actions, so I wanted to incorporate them into my daily life depending on the action that they're doing. For this image, I took a picture of a smiski that was studying with me in the study room. I feel like this idea gives a more chill vibe and casual, cute, friendly, and I personally really loves smiskis.

The concept that I saw for this image was the meaning of looking through glass or looking through a different perspective. The main composition of this image is basically just the view that is behind that glass. It's like the concept of looking into someone. I really like this image because of how blurry the other side of this glass is (obviously for privacy purposes) but the meaning I put on it was how the other side is cloudy, confused, lost.