Gillian Wearing

I finally came to the somewhat obvious realization that maybe the reason I become so obsessed with my family's heritage and and with my mother and grandmother is because it is a sort of self-portrait. I focus so much on what my mother and grandmother were like at my age because maybe it will give me some insight into myself. Even though I don't ever use myself in my photography, I do see myself in it. Maybe what I've been struggling with is that no one else is seeing the "me" part of my work. This is a photograph of Gillian Wearing dressed up and mimicking an old picture of her grandmother. The reference to early photography is obvious, but does she actually look like her grandmother? I have no idea. I don't. But, My grandma and I are practically the same person in terms of personality and character traits. I don't think there's anyone else I would rather be like.