Tamrin Ingram
A Louisiana native, writer and photographer, Tamrin Ingram’s work incorporates large format photographs, text, and familial records that explore themes of generational memory and familial trauma. Primarily photographing in the traditional mode of landscape photography, Tamrin’s work also addresses the environmental impact of pollution throughout the Cotton Belt. Ingram’s work has been shown across the United States in Arizona, Ohio, Georgia, and Illinois. She received her BFA from Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio. Currently Ingram resides in Tucson, Arizona where she has just completed her MFA in the Photography, Video and Imaging program at University of Arizona. Feel free to contact her at tamriningram@gmail.com
In my photographic practice I use familial myth as a source of inspiration to investigate theories of landscape, grief, and familial history. Through the para-fictional lens of a family curse I create narratives that investigate the familial gaze, patterns of loss, and intergenerational trauma. I use text as a poetic device that gives context to my imagery and to immerse the viewer in a world of lush metaphor and familial myth. The work comes together in a myriad of ways, traditional analog processes combined with time-based works and large scale murals create an atmosphere of a sentient landscape. Much of my work is centered around the cotton belt, very near to cancer alley, and tells a story of generational poverty and lack of access to healthcare. The characters in my stories obsess over a curse that is either in the dirt, in their blood, or handed out directly by God himself–all of which makes sense coming from Louisiana, the heart of the Bible Belt, combined with a history of rural pesticide poisoning.
i don’t pray anymore
time based poem
diminishing swell
time based poem
looking for the witness
time based poem
luck
short story
granny’s
short story