Holding Hands 2
Tarrah Krajnak
American, born Peru, 1979
2020
A gelatin silver print of an upturned hand holding two identical small portrait photographs, made to explore how everyday snapshots act as tactile carriers of memory and identity.
A single pale arm emerges from deep black, the palm cradling two glossy, identical head‑shots whose neat rectangles and composed faces sit in stark contrast to the grainy, shadowed skin around them.
By isolating vernacular portraits in an intimate, cinematic composition, Krajnak links personal archives to broader conversations about photography, memory, migration, and the ways images stand in for people and histories.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
15 × 10 7/8" (38.1 × 27.6 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Accession
153.2023.17
Palette
Exhibitions
