Eva Dalichau
"I want to explore all the things that we don't talk about, that I don't talk about. At least as far as emotions go."
"I currently live in Harlem, New York City, but have always had a difficult time nailing down where 'home' really is. I grew up in Germany for the first 10 years of my life before bouncing back and forth between Hong Kong and the United States. Home has simply become the people that I love and surround myself with. After all there is nothing more important. This sort of twilight-zone upbringing has definitely influenced my work and how I express myself."
"Photography is so important in holding on to all the snippets of information, hurried friendships and experiences along the way. I try to nail down and visually translate an emotion or a thought and make the viewer believe it too; or at least let them bring their own baggage to the work.Ideally everyone wants to do work that they truly love and enjoy. Unfortunately that's not a reality for most people in the work force. But I try to stay on my toes with my own work so I don't get lost in the hustle or forget what is truly important to me. I make work because I don't know what else to do, or how else to say what I mean (I'm really terrible with words) and I later found that my pictures made people feel more than my writing did. I'm inspired by things that make me sad, that make me laugh or make me angry. I'm one hundred percent a 'feeling' person, I don't do logic; that gets me in a lot of trouble but I think everything I've done with my life so far has been exciting and a sort of tumble into the unknown. Thats what I want to communicate with my work too. I want to explore all the things that we don't talk about, that I don't talk about. At least as far as emotions go."
"My photo-manipulations (which are my favorite) are usually pieced together by a base portrait. The base portrait is sort of the foundation for the entire piece, then I photograph textures, body parts, anything that visually intrigues me and then I play around with them in photoshop. I cut and carve and overlay small or large pieces of each photograph and build on each of them until it becomes a multilayered, beautiful, photographic mess. Sometimes it takes hours, sometimes months, but the process is wonderful and frustrating and extremely exciting!"
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