Using her camera in a moment of heightened tension and anxiety, Mika Sperling captures herself in vulnerability and tenderness as she is about to announce her engagement to her in-laws. In respectful reverence, she dresses in her mother-in-law's sweater and prepares for the event by peeling oranges as an offering to her new family. The intense gaze directed towards her partner, hiding behind the camera and following her directions, holds this meaningful and ephemeral moment of transition as a binding and tangible milestone.
Wearing her Clothes, 2017
Photography
27.5” x 35.4” / 70 x 90 cm
