When I open my eyes, I photograph them; when I close my eyes, I listen to them.
For 25 years I looked at them, portrayed them, captured them, in order to keep them forever. Emigrating and maintaining close relationships seemed to be two incompatible concepts. But they turned out not to be.
I see them on my walls and listen to their recorded voices, our conversations. And suddenly the language, what they say, no longer matters. It doesn’t matter if they look at me. It doesn’t matter if they are no longer here.
It’s about that feeling that you get when you close your eyes and you don’t see them anymore, you feel them…
About the artist:
Cynthia Isakson is an Argentinian photographer with a focus on portraits.
She studied photography in Buenos Aires in the 90’s. She is now living in the United States, where Houston has been her home since 2003.
She has several photographic projects that have been exhibited in Argentina, Portugal, Italy, and United States.
These projects include the following series: Eramos tan felices y no lo sabíamos, A look back, The whole picture, Generations, Humans are scarier, Portraits, and Hidden.
Many of her most touching works are related to her family, her immigration, and the passage of time.
