Alison Dias

when you walk underneath the afternoon sun do you talk to your shadow?

Alison Dias is a photographer based in New York City. Her practice explores themes of identity, race and family history through the study of community experience, personal trauma and memory.

when you walk under the afternoon sun do you talk to your shadow? Do you walk beside it, or do you turn it away? Before I was born, I witnessed violence. It’s in the air. A constant string of manipulation, greed, self loathing and selfishness that consciously follows. By creating redactions of my father in my family archive, I acknowledge that he is in my shadow. I am exploring the effects of generational trauma through the lens of domestic abuse and love.