Tomorrow Isn't Promised

A series of self portraits Artist Statement- “Tomorrow isn’t promised” is a series of six photographs that come together to tell a cohesive story. This is told through a series of self portraits. The series follows me in silver makeup. Each photograph symbolizes a different stage in life or type of emotion. The series showcases a full circle moment in my emotional experience. You see me in full make up at the beginning going through different stages of sadness and no make up with a true smile and the end. In between the first and last photograph you see me losing make up and becoming more emotional. That signifies how in my life I have hid my true emotions from close friends and family and isolated myself. It’s been a pattern that has kept going for years that I want to end. This series serves as a self critique in how I’ve handled past situations in my life and situations I’m going through now. Being self aware is something that has ruined some aspects in how I go about life. It’s hurt my worldview because I started to think nothing mattered because of things I’ve been through and I never accepted the good things in my life. I believed that I didn’t deserve good things in life and would expect something good to end as soon as it started. This series of self portraits serves as a moment of change in my life. A change that I have come to work on to make myself and the people around me happier. I think self critique is a really challenging aspect of life, and it’s hard to be honest with yourself about it. Being honest with myself and expressing my true emotions has been a struggle for me for years. I’m proud to have put my self critique and acceptance into this work of art to showcase to myself and the audience the change I have made.