Untitled by Michelle Arcila

Michelle Arcila

Websites: www.michellearcila.net and www.flickr.com/photos/notheories

Artist Statement:
My work lives in an illusive world. It's a world where questions are never fully answered and ghosts wander each room only offering us a glimpse into what their lives may have been. So much of my photography is an homage to the history and stories of my family in Costa Rica. I have collected so many experiences from them that I find myself approaching my camera and subjects, no matter where I may be, with the same hint of mystery and magic I grew up surrounded with. Magical realism is often used to describe Latin American fiction, I use it to describe what it felt like to grow up in a family where the dead were just as present as the living.

Bio:
Michelle Arcila was born in New York in 1980. Graduated SVA in 2002 with a B.F.A in photography. She is currently living and working in NYC.