family portrait : Paul Sobota Photography

Deanna Senior Portrait
3"x4" silver gelatin print, 2004

A Constructed Family

This body of work speaks of the social constructs of the family unit, and the acceptance of the transition of the pre-conceived "American family." This family has been fabricated in the studio in one day, creating an entire time-line and history out of nothing. Informed by both universal and personal understandings of the family structure, I am capturing and recreating the fleeting ideal of the family, and at the same time suggesting that perhaps this unit understood as the "prototypical family" may not have ever honestly existed.

Our Wedding, 1976
8"x11" " c-print, 2004

A Constructed Family

This body of work speaks of the social constructs of the family unit, and the acceptance of the transition of the pre-conceived "American family." This family has been fabricated in the studio in one day, creating an entire time-line and history out of nothing. Informed by both universal and personal understandings of the family structure, I am capturing and recreating the fleeting ideal of the family, and at the same time suggesting that perhaps this unit understood as the "prototypical family" may not have ever honestly existed.

Kiss
3"x4" c-print, 2004

A Constructed Family

This body of work speaks of the social constructs of the family unit, and the acceptance of the transition of the pre-conceived "American family." This family has been fabricated in the studio in one day, creating an entire time-line and history out of nothing. Informed by both universal and personal understandings of the family structure, I am capturing and recreating the fleeting ideal of the family, and at the same time suggesting that perhaps this unit understood as the "prototypical family" may not have ever honestly existed.

Ben, 18 Months
8"x10" " c-print, 2004

A Constructed Family

This body of work speaks of the social constructs of the family unit, and the acceptance of the transition of the pre-conceived "American family." This family has been fabricated in the studio in one day, creating an entire time-line and history out of nothing. Informed by both universal and personal understandings of the family structure, I am capturing and recreating the fleeting ideal of the family, and at the same time suggesting that perhaps this unit understood as the "prototypical family" may not have ever honestly existed.

Our First Family Photo
8"x10" " c-print, 2004

A Constructed Family

This body of work speaks of the social constructs of the family unit, and the acceptance of the transition of the pre-conceived "American family." This family has been fabricated in the studio in one day, creating an entire time-line and history out of nothing. Informed by both universal and personal understandings of the family structure, I am capturing and recreating the fleeting ideal of the family, and at the same time suggesting that perhaps this unit understood as the "prototypical family" may not have ever honestly existed.

Ben, 3rd Grade
8"x10" " c-print, 2004

A Constructed Family

This body of work speaks of the social constructs of the family unit, and the acceptance of the transition of the pre-conceived "American family." This family has been fabricated in the studio in one day, creating an entire time-line and history out of nothing. Informed by both universal and personal understandings of the family structure, I am capturing and recreating the fleeting ideal of the family, and at the same time suggesting that perhaps this unit understood as the "prototypical family" may not have ever honestly existed.

1993
5"x7" " c-print, 2004

A Constructed Family

This body of work speaks of the social constructs of the family unit, and the acceptance of the transition of the pre-conceived "American family." This family has been fabricated in the studio in one day, creating an entire time-line and history out of nothing. Informed by both universal and personal understandings of the family structure, I am capturing and recreating the fleeting ideal of the family, and at the same time suggesting that perhaps this unit understood as the "prototypical family" may not have ever honestly existed.

Soccer
5"x7" c-print, 2004

A Constructed Family

This body of work speaks of the social constructs of the family unit, and the acceptance of the transition of the pre-conceived "American family." This family has been fabricated in the studio in one day, creating an entire time-line and history out of nothing. Informed by both universal and personal understandings of the family structure, I am capturing and recreating the fleeting ideal of the family, and at the same time suggesting that perhaps this unit understood as the "prototypical family" may not have ever honestly existed.