Karmen Meyer 5/12/25 Karmen Meyer 5/12/25

Diptych Project #5

A man stands in a large truck filled with fresh produce. He hands a bundle of carrots down to a women who is reaching up from the street. The street is filled with people coming and going. Garbage is piled around the corner and buildings crumble. — OUTSIDE. Fresh produce adjacent to a pile of trash. Streets bustling with people making their way in the morning. Taken from the windows of the room in the next frame. Photographed on Kodak Gold.

An ornate pink room features two large chandeliers and victorian furniture. Light floods the room through to large windows creating an ethereal glow. — INSIDE. Throughout all of Cuba you feel its past, it’s history. Some in disrepair, some carefully preserved. Most a blend of whatever is available. Photographed on Kodak Gold.

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Karmen Meyer 5/5/25 Karmen Meyer 5/5/25

Diptych Project #4

A girl with long blond hair sits in a swing. She holds a stuffed rabbit and is petting her big black dog. Photographed on 120 mm film. Test shot for a Hassleblad C/M. — A GIRL AND HER DOG. Loving an animal is a practice in empathy and connection. In inevitable heartbreak. Photographed on Portra 400.

A close up of a girls scrapped knee. She is sitting in a swing holding a stuffed rabbit. One knee is covered in dirt while the other has small scrape smeared with blood. She is not upset. — SURE SIGN OF SPRING. First scrapped knee of the year. Photographed on Portra 400.

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Karmen Meyer 4/21/25 Karmen Meyer 4/21/25

Diptych Project #2

Two children in one piece swim suits rest on the curved stairs of a pool. Framed by the rails on the stairs. Everything is shades of blue and beige. — Sister I. Childhood; on the verge of teen years. I witness theirs, as I hold and tend to mine. Photographed on 35mm Kodak Gold.

Two girls, sisters, lay head to head on the ledge of a pool partially submerged in water. Bright morning light strongly lights half of their face and bodies, similar to a yinyang. — Sisters II. Growing up with a sister. Part best friend, part worst enemy. Of the same womb and inextricably bonded by strands of DNA and experience. Bonds that will certainly patina with time but can never truly be broken. Photographed on 35mm Kodak Gold.

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