Mommy Loves Snapfish

A collection of various domestic items such as pillows, blankets and framed photos, featuring peculiarly composed images of real life mothers I know. This project was inspired by the ability we have to easily, quickly, and cheaply create art objects or printed items using services like Snapfish, Shutterfly, or the nearest Costco; as well as by the ethos of these moms. These items were made in a way the moms in my life might have made them, using images edited on the Snapfish website.

The series explores the problematically easy access and lack of privacy there is when viewing and sharing photos as well as the relinquishment of ownership that occurs when photos are so easily distributed and in this case made physical (not easily deleted or discarded). By rendering these photos physically, I’m trying to demonstrate an amplified version of what happens online when a picture is saved or copied digitally. I used images of these particular moms in my life, not only because they are part of the targeted demographic of services like Snapfish, but also because of their unaware, innocent attitudes toward photo privacy, and to illustrate how these specific lives have been trapped into home making.