Memories Lost in Time and Space

I spent the year of 2018 trying to figure out what true love was, since I thought I had experienced it. I questioned my self and everyone, searched and read books about it. Nobody could give me the perfect answer so I started working on this project as it was the only I could express my feelings.

During that time I created a Tinder account so I could ask my matches about their thoughts on true love. Most of them said not to believe it existed or did not felt like talking about it. The majority of people I asked were there because they were heart broken, felt lonely, or just wanted to have new experiences. My plan was to go on dates and photograph them on places that meant something to me. The idea was to explore my emotional memory and try to figure out how can old memories and lovers be replaced by new ones, and how do we seek so much of our last loves on our new loves. I went on my first date with a Tinder match and it completely changed my way of looking at love. I went only on one date with someone that blew my mind and made me rethink this project. I was more confused than ever on the idea of love.

Memories Lost in Time and Space is about those changing moments in our lives. Is about feeling anxious, not knowing what to expect, making hard to define who you are. Is about the process of forgetting strong memories and feelings and find new ones. Is about that transition period that leads our lives to something truly great. Is about meeting your new self and let the old self go. This project started as a search for what true love was and today it represents my journey on having my heart broken and falling in love again.

Last year was a turning point in my life and I documented my memories through photography and mixed them with letters and post cards found on antique stores. This was the starting point of the project because It always fascinated me how our strongest feelings could fit in a letter. Letters from lovers to lovers about heartbreaks, marriage, being in love or not being able to be together. This project represents the hopeless romantics like myself and the feeling of being stuck emotionally, feeling lonely, doubting, of falling in and out of love. Somehow the memories that once belonged to someone belong now to me and represent who I was last year and what I was searching.

2019