Kristen Perman, “In Medias Res”

“In Medias Res” Latin, for ‘into the middle of things’, describes a narrative that begins not at the beginning of the story, but somewhere in the middle, usually at some point in the action.

Inspired by a passage in a John Irving novel, into the middle of things is how it felt after a series of major life events occurred in rapid succession.

Fractured and unfocused, self portraits were a way to visually process what was happening, and the practice of making these images became therapeutic.

With a small hoarded stash of expired, instant film, and a Polaroid Spectra camera, I used the faded quality of dated film, and in-camera, double exposures to capture my fragile, inner landscape.