Evelyn Lopez Fernandez
She/Her
My practice explores how images are constructed and destabilised through photographic processes and drawing, examining how meaning shifts as an image is translated between mediums.
She/Her
Beginning with analogue photographs as indexical traces of reality, I utilise drawing as a form of re-engaging with the imagery, allowing the medium to disrupt the photograph’s assumed claim to truth. Through this translation between mediums, the image becomes visually constructed, foregrounding the role of the hand in shaping how it is formed and understood.
The hand becomes a symbol for human connection and communication through gesture and touch. As the image is translated across processes, these gestural forms become fragmented, reflecting a breakdown in clarity and meaning. In this way, the hand functions as a metaphorical subject for the act of making, creating a connection between the subject of the work and the material processes that occurred during production.
Within my investigation, materiality is approached through physical, hands-on processes, where the imagery is shaped through touch and intervention. As the work moves through darkroom manipulation and drawn interpretation, the imagery becomes disrupted and reworked, shifting a singular moment towards a fluid and interpretative visual. These processes emphasise the image as something actively constructed, suggesting that what is perceived as ‘truth’ is instead produced through processes of alteration, reconstruction, and translation.
