In this piece i used both present day and childhood memories of myself to compile a demonstration of the changing of family bonds. The first image with the bodies of my family in its youth is a compilation of photographs from my childhood showing the strong bonds of my family and more specifically my brothers and I. I chose to turn our driveway into my father skiing down the Ohio River because it was such a huge part of my childhood. Much of my childhood revolved around swimming and being in water With our whole family being together and happy. The sunshine and water images also represent innocence and purity within our family. I also used photo shop to place our present day faces onto the bodies of our youth, because at that point in life all we wanted to do is grow up. In the other image I used photo shop to place our faces from our youth onto my present day body in different outfits. This represents 2 things; the fact that my brothers have became a part of who I am today, and the desire to return to our youth and live a carefree life. I also added a thunderstorm into this image this storm has 2 symbolic meanings. It shows that our family is no longer the typical American family and we have been through the hardship and it also reiterates the strong connection to water my family has from the first image. The red paint bonding the family to the house shows that no matter how far apart we go, whether it be Franklin University, OSU, OU, or remain at home we will still share the memories and bond of our youth throughout life.
