“I’m Not There” by Pol Úbeda Hervàs

Posted by Allison on Dec 23, 2012 in PHOTOGRAPHY

The photographic series by Pol Úbeda Hervàs “I’m not there” suggests a pending state of being. Ghost like images reveal a reflection in the water, yet no one standing there to take ownership. Every picture has the same pair of precisely positioned shoes leaving a clue as to the type of man that was there at one time, other than that all we have to go off of is a silhouette with a shaggy hairline.
They give notion that you could disappear from today (maybe tomorrow too), but still leave a trail that you were here, a legacy, you know, without the blood sweat and tears.

How can we accept that we are changing?
How can we accept we hardly recognize ourselves in certain situations?
I am changing at this very moment of my life.
I do not react in the same ways I used to. I am surprised. Is that me?
These pictures are the way I see myself now.
My shadow is there but I erase myself because I don´t know who I am any longer.
The shoes remain only to make sure there is something more than… a shadow.

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ABOUT ALLISON PARKER - Allison is a proud stay at home mom, home maker, professional boo boo kisser who is passionate about writing. After spending a few years living in New York City with her husband and son, they now enjoy a different pace of life in rural central Pennsylvania. Other than writing she and her husband of 10 years tend a hobby farm together. Days are filled with hours in the garden and even more hours canning in the kitchen. Allison Parker has been published in NYC Our Green Book. She graduated with a Bachelors in Theology from Valley Forge Christian College.