Recently I explored the loss of identity with Doris, a series about dementia and who we are once we can no longer remember ourselves. Working on Doris allowed me to reconnect with my family, trust my instinct, and build up a distinct style. However, Doris is not about my grandmother, it is about all grandmothers, grandfathers, and essentially about ourselves. What will it mean when age takes away the experiences that we have spent all our lives defining ourselves by?
Doris & The emigrant immigrant
de Jayme Gershen (Etats-Unis)
I am a documentary photographer currently traveling around Europe in order to work on my project The Emigrant Immigrant, a series that explores immigrant identity today. Because of my interest in understanding self and how one is perceived based on point of view, I have been able to adapt to a variety of situations in order to observe and document the daily lives of different migrants. I will ultimately juxtapose stories that explore diverse reasons for migration, economic status, and age, raising question about what the word “immigrant” really means in a constantly more globalized world.
Portfolio du workshop Photojournalisme avec Ed Kashi, Mars 2014.
Revue écrite par
MARTA DAHÓ,
Commissaire indépendante et professeur d’Histoire de la photographie
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