Growing up as a child of immigrants, I felt isolated in my experience coping with cultural loss, assimilation, and reconnecting with a familial history and culture I am spiritually, but less physically connected to. “Sowing Rice with Salt” sheds light on the interconnected struggles of children of immigrants through exploring the most formative and intimate, yet often strained, relationship. How can children of immigrants reconnect with a familial history and culture they are spiritually but less physically connected to? How does culture get passed down through the generations despite the forces of assimilation? How do the children of immigrants cope with feelings of cultural loss? By visually placing the child in the shoes of the past version of a parent, the adjacent images devise a visual bridge where the child can empathetically imagine their parent’s past, suturing the gaps which arise from diverse upbringings, traditions, and hardships across diasporic landing points.

All prints are made on Epson Legacy Platine paper at 13x19 inches.