Lydia duPerier
Over the last few years, I have felt conflicted about leaving my childhood and adolescence and entering adulthood. Because of this, I hold onto things of my youth very tightly. In much of my Journalistic and Graphic Design work, I try to write or create with integrity but also through a rose-colored lens, highlighting the joy in all things. My work is always personal, like a looking glass into who I am. Today’s culture often tells people to change who they are to fit the norm — but what if we don’t want to?
“22 Going on 12” depicts me in my current state: a 22-year-old woman graduating college and entering the workforce who just can’t let go of her childhood—so she doesn’t. I was inspired partially by Julie Blackmon’s work, “Homegrown,” which captures the controlled chaos of children and their families. My work captures a similar feeling with its juxtaposition of professionalism and silliness. This multi-layered project reveals the struggle of saying goodbye to childhood and hello to adulthood and the reality that you don’t have to.
Over the last few years, I have felt conflicted about leaving my childhood and adolescence and entering adulthood. Because of this, I hold onto things of my youth very tightly. In much of my Journalistic and Graphic Design work, I try to write or create with integrity but also through a rose-colored lens, highlighting the joy in all things. My work is always personal, like a looking glass into who I am. Today’s culture often tells people to change who they are to fit the norm — but what if we don’t want to?
“22 Going on 12” depicts me in my current state: a 22-year-old woman graduating college and entering the workforce who just can’t let go of her childhood—so she doesn’t. I was inspired partially by Julie Blackmon’s work, “Homegrown,” which captures the controlled chaos of children and their families. My work captures a similar feeling with its juxtaposition of professionalism and silliness. This multi-layered project reveals the struggle of saying goodbye to childhood and hello to adulthood and the reality that you don’t have to.
