Heart Strings, 2018

MCKAYLA CHANDLERHeart Strings, 201824 x 36 inchesArchival Pigment Print on Canson Arches 88Edition of 5 Signed and numbered by the artist  McKayla Chandler is a multidisciplinary artist from Minneapolis, MN living and working in Los Angeles, CA. Her parent’s diligent documentation of Chandler’s childhood has played a vital part in the artist picking up her camera for the first time, leading to her desire to use the medium of photography to document the world around her in the same way her parents did, exploring themes of identity and home. Her photographs are rooted in self-exploration and reflect the artist’s curiosity and the way she witnesses growth in herself and her community. Combining portraiture, editorial, and archival imagery, Chandler’s goal is to continue to unveil the importance of documenting in real time, exploring what it means to have tangible photographs or artifacts passed down through generations, while adding to the contextualized history of image-making in the Bl