My recent work has been heavily rooted in my own personal experiences and struggles with identity, trauma, and memory. I use photography as a tool to reflect on myself and the past. Photography is a medium that I find allows movement through time. In my work, photography acts as a marker for my own personal feelings, emotions, and in the grand scheme of things, my own mortality. I use image making as a way to ask questions I don't know the answers to and in some cases, with time, photography is able to give those answers. I explore themes relating to societal teachings and how those teachings end up affecting people's identity and self image. The patriarchal norms and teachings surrounding masculinity are one of the topics that I have been investigating. By using photography as a form of social commentary, I hope to bring about a better understanding of the relationship between beauty and pain as well as to show myself and viewers that our delicacy and emotions hold more value than the price of conformity.
Get In Contact: levimason508@gmail.com
Awards and Exhibitions:
2024 VMFA Undergraduate Fellowship Award
Upcoming: BINGO Show, Candela Photographic Arts, Group Exhibition Fall 2026 (On View: Oct 1st-24th)
VOX POPULI, VCU Undergraduate Exhibitions Committee, Group Show Spring 2025
Me in the VCU darkroom :O
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