Migraine Register

2009 - ongoing

 

I wake up many mornings with a throbbing migraine. I take medication. Then I get back in bed with my laptop and distract myself until the pains subsides. My webcam has become my mirror and my migraine register. The webcam and Photoshop offer me a way to leave my body and to express what I can't articulate: how to make pain visible. Following are excerpts from the hundreds of self-portraits I have amassed since 2009 when I began this project. [view series]