Tethered
Tethered is a life long project that utilizes slices from everyday imagery to convey both the intimacy and diverse roles and relationships individuals play within a twenty-four hour period of time. These roles can create contrasting moments ranging from the mundane to the chaotic.
Sheffield’s work is based on images she photographed over a four-month period of time; documenting her life every 30 minutes as she performs her daily roles of artist, mother, professor, wife, and daughter. Utilizing her family as inspiration, she explores the multiplicity of identity we all experience as we navigate our daily roles. The performance of each individual role is constantly being encroached upon by the demands of the other roles, thus, creating the tethering-effect.
Sheffield’s work is based on images she photographed over a four-month period of time; documenting her life every 30 minutes as she performs her daily roles of artist, mother, professor, wife, and daughter. Utilizing her family as inspiration, she explores the multiplicity of identity we all experience as we navigate our daily roles. The performance of each individual role is constantly being encroached upon by the demands of the other roles, thus, creating the tethering-effect.