inheritance by Amy Herman
inheritance is an in-progress series of photographs that utilizes family photographs in conjunction with performative acts to create a time collage. I work in both self-portraiture and in collaboration with my mother and father to create an interaction with our past selves and across generations. The photographs question genetic similarities between parent and child through masking and unmasking. They also strive to capture the complexities of how we respond to the inherited – traits, memories, and objects.
Amy Herman lives and works in Charlotte, NC, USA.
To view more of Amy’s work, please visit her website or find her on Instagram @amy.n.herman
she would never wear that color
fuck you (grandma’s teeth)
wearing mom’s hair as a wig
maternal profiles
daddy’s lips
eyemasks (of our grandmothers)
grandma's wedding necklace
all of the eyes in my immediate family
leaning on mom’s hand
mom’s mom’s mom’s hands
mom holding her mom’s eyes
things I've inherited from my grandpa
dad holding his dad’s eyes
balance
mom masks