TITLE: Spaces in between

"Spaces in between" is a series that comprises a collection of visual images that express the nuances and the contemplative nature of my inner emotional landscape shaped by the yearning for a subjective place I call home. A space with each passing day is less physical and more abstract existing only in the corners of my mind.

This interior space strips away identity in an effort to redefine the self. I use the camera as a mechanism to explore visual elements that function as signifiers of an alternative self. This abstraction serves as a reconciliation of my emotions of loss, longing, isolation and search for connection.

I believe that the elements inside the photograph's frame are not definitive; they expand and contract abstractly and subjectively to give birth to new forms and meaning. The elements of water and nature have progressively made their way into my work like a pareidolia illusion born of the need to articulate "the seen" and to enhance or rationalize comprehension. Light typically serves as a source of illumination in photography, but I think of light as actual content. It becomes a physical form in my work. These components contribute to reality being seen not for what it is but for what it becomes while being transformed by the camera.

Spaces in between attempts to harmonize the tangible with the unfamiliar in order to better understand the complicated relationship between object and its viewer. These photographs make no sound and form no words, but they speak by provoking a dialogue within oneself. This work makes visible my thinking but never answers questions, instead perplexes them even more.

AUTHOR: Odeth Reinoso (United States)

Odeth Reinoso is a Cuban-born photographer currently living in Chicago, Illinois. She initially trained for twenty years as a classical guitar player before taking up photography in 2015. This musical background informs her lyrical black and white photographs, often expressing a melancholic longing for her homeland. She states that her use of traditional silver gelatin materials enables a contemplative, creative space where she can luxuriate in the history and memories that photographs capture. Reinoso has exhibited her work in the United States and abroad.