http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/361 This work examines the trauma and uncertainty carried from childhood. In particular, I am referencing my own upbringing as a Polish immigrant. There is an undercurrent of helplessness and misdirection linked to a sort of schizophrenic parenting, excommunication, and constant movement. Typically, the perception of children handed down by my elders was that children did not have a choice. Frequently, I heard a Polish equivalent of the phrase “Children should be seen not heardâ€*. I am attempting to give these children voices. These photographs are projection-based installations. The models are mannequins and their faces are projections. The faces of the children are slides that my father took of me when he was still involved in my life. The other slides are present day images that I have shot of my mom, my dad, and myself. My goal is to reconstruct my own childhood, empowering the past for better or for worse. The result is a troubling recreation of events that may seem disturbing but are far less in context to the real events that transpired. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/7969/me_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Ursula Sokolowska <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/368354/Untitled106_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 106<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368354'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368354 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:38:44 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368354 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/368354/Untitled106_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 106<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368354'>view full-size image</a> Ursula Sokolowska <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/368357/Untitled117_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 117<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368357'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368357 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:38:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368357 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/368357/Untitled117_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 117<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368357'>view full-size image</a> Ursula Sokolowska <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/368360/Untitled39_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 39<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368360'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368360 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:39:02 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368360 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/368360/Untitled39_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 39<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368360'>view full-size image</a> Ursula Sokolowska <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/368363/Ursula_Sokolowska_Untitled32_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 32<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368363'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368363 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:39:08 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368363 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/368363/Ursula_Sokolowska_Untitled32_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 32<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/368363'>view full-size image</a> Ursula Sokolowska <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/408570/Ursula_Sokolowska_Untitled77_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 77<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/408570'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/408570 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:14:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/408570 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/408570/Ursula_Sokolowska_Untitled77_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 77<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/408570'>view full-size image</a> Ursula Sokolowska <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/408573/Ursula_Sokolowska_Untitled20_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 20<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/408573'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/408573 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:14:38 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/408573 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/408573/Ursula_Sokolowska_Untitled20_small.jpg' /><br />Untitled 20<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/408573'>view full-size image</a> Ursula Sokolowska