Ever-Present

Authors

Matthew Oberski, Grand Valley State UniversityFollow

Disciplines

Photography

Abstract

This series is a contemporary interpretation of post-mortem photography, depicting the relationship between the physical and metaphysical remnants of life. The scenes are absent of a resident, showing only what remains, while the fabric portraits represent the ethereal vestige, the intangible memory friends and family hold on to. The corresponding paper reviews my photographic journey and details my processes necessary to create this body of work. Death is not always an easy subject to confront; with this project, I ask viewers to examine their own mortality and accept death’s inevitability.

ScholarWorks Citation

Oberski, Matthew, "Ever-Present" (2015). Photography Senior Thesis Projects. 2.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/com_photo_projects/2