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                   My work explores the fragile and fluid nature of memory—how it fades, distorts, and reshapes itself over time. Using techniques like overexposure, underexposure, and long exposure, I lean into imperfection as a visual                             metaphor for impermanence. Working with primarily analog processes, Polaroid remains central to my practice; its immediacy and unpredictability mirror the way memories blur with time.

                I grew up in a place suspended between eras—where class tensions and quiet decay created a surreal, timeless backdrop. That tension—between structure and rebellion, clarity and distortion—continues to shape my work.                   Aesthetically rooted in the Tumblr era of my adolescence and informed by a deep sense of displacement, my images blend personal nostalgia with social observation.

                Inspired by Walker Evans’ quiet documentation of the American South, I aim to capture the stillness and strangeness of spaces that feel both intimate and ghostlike- to romantacize everyday mundanity. My approach is also                   deeply shaped by inherited stories: my father’s soundtrack of 70s and 80s music, my grandfather’s faded Kodak slides, and my grandmother’s ability to recast grief as glamour. Through photography, I seek not just to                                 document what is visible, but to hold onto what is emotionally resonant—images that echo long after memory has dimmed.

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                                                                                                                                                                           Judith Roberts Borom

Biography

Judith Roberts Borom is an American photographer and visual artist working with still and moving image, prioritizing a focus on analog processes. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama and an MA in Fashion Film and Photography from Paris College of Art. Her work explores the fragility of memory and the emotional weight of nostalgia—how personal and inherited histories shift, distort, and dissolve over time.

Rooted in the cultural landscape of the American South, Borom draws on her upbringing in Georgia and Alabama to examine themes of identity, displacement, and the tension between structure and erosion. Her images often incorporate imperfections—overexposure, light leaks, softness—as intentional metaphors for memory’s unreliability. Influenced by the melancholy aesthetics of early 2010s internet culture and both the documentary legacy of artists like Walker Evans and the modern lens of Petra Collins, Borom captures the stillness of overlooked places and the traces of familial narrative embedded within them.