Perspective Correction is a work in dialogue with Jan Dibbets' photo series titled Perspective Corrections. In these works,  Dibbets used photography, perspective and geometric shapes to generate optical illusions and disrupt the viewer's perception of a scene. The essential qualities of photography are used to challenge traditional notions of representation, prompting viewers to question the authenticity of what is captured in the image versus what is actually on the scene.

Building on his work, in this performance for the camera, I use manicure scissors to cut an oval shape into the grass of a public park in Phoenix, Arizona. The intervention is later photographed from a perspective that makes it appear to be a circle. Manicure scissors in this work suggest an association with self-grooming and the feminized body. Maintaining a lawn using manicure scissors is an invitation to examine constructed ideals of beauty and reflect on incongruent and ineffective maintenance habits of feminized bodies and the environment.

2024
14 x 14 in.  each
Silver gelatin prints