Merit Badges
“The following pieces contain phrases ‘said’ to me as an actual teen girl under images that I posted of myself on DeviantArt beginning in middle school. ”
Materials: Inkjet print on cotton. Embroidery Thread.
Size: 2.5"x3"
Year: 2015
Title Origin: ‘Merit Badges’ as a series titles comes from a critique that I had as a first year photography student at Cranbrook Academy of Art. One of the students said that she saw them as Merit Badges, like the ones a Girl Scout may receive.