Project Type: Computational Photography

Family Values critiques the idealization of childhood through the “glitching” and modification of Sophia’s family portraits. In her early life, Sophia and her three siblings would get an annual portrait that was later hung in the home. After photographing the original portraits in their frames, Sophia changed their pixel order to be set per channel…

In summer 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sophia continued to experiment with data-bending as a narrative tool. For this project, Sophia solicited selfies and personal statements from people in various locations around the United States and the world. In their statement, participants were prompted to discuss their experience coping with quarantine, the…