The 14th House on the Right & Where the Rain Goes by Haley Floyd

Originally shown as two separate series, select images from The 14th House on the Right and Where the Rain Goes have been combined to tell a more dynamic story which depicts both a raw, intimate perspective of the confines of the home and the more paradisiacal destination tucked away in the corners of a suburban neighborhood. Based on my own experiences as a child, this series references some of my earliest memories in an effort to illuminate how we can reframe the conditions of our existence through curiosity, exploration, and reflection. In doing so, I am examining the relationship between place and identity. The home described in the series is rooted in the landscape and specifically in the creek where I spent much of my time as a child. The work exists as a form of pseudo-self-portraiture that is manifested through photographs of my family, the house I was raised in, and the surrounding landscape. Each of the photographs in the series are shot on 4x5 color-reversal film and stylistically alternate between new objectivism, constructed narrative, and scenes that position the viewer within the landscape from the perspective of the child. A transient landscape is described through representations of past, present, and future views of the land. Further playing with the element of time, my nephews and my mother are cast in the series to signify past and future versions of myself. Through my personal experience of place, my work reflects a broader relationship between humans and their environment.

Haley Floyd lives and works in Chappells, South Carolina.
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