Gaby Langlois 2026

Abstract

These works are photographs from my family archive- taken by my father, mother, or even myself as a child. They are handprinted in color darkroom on paper which I have pre-coated in my tears. Each photograph in this body of work I have touched, I have labored over, I have spent time with and gotten to know, and I have cried over. These family photographs are obstructed by my DNA. I have affected these images just as they have affected me. These photographs are proof to me of my own childhood and life with my parents. I, in fact, do not remember any one of these images. I cannot recall that specific day at the beach or that specific time with my dogs. But my parents exist to me as I see them here; with my dad sticking tongue out and my mom’s hair cut short. My grandmothers are as I have always known them to be- elderly and looking like grandmothers. And I -an only child playing by myself in my bedroom- am happy. I am surrounded by my family, even if they’re not in the frame. I am loved.