In Pereidolia, I combine personal family photographs with those of strangers to imply a shared inaccessibility. Through the distortion of the image through layered reflection, and the transparency of the medium, the images resist consumption while simultaneously drawing the viewer closer. The viewers focus oscillates between the etching and their own reflection to create a both a tender and voyeuristic relationship between them the image.

Pereidolia refers to a psychological phenomenon that causes people to perceive ambiguous visual patterns as meaningful objects. Although, or rather, because I am unable to understand these images the way that their owners once did, they are able to hold a multitude of meanings. I am able to find myself and my histories within these photos, despite not having any connection with them.