Abstract

The body of work seeks to explore the life of a door-to-door salesman. Utilizing both performance and photography, the project presents the viewer with a detailed look into daily life of a now past profession and the emotional content of such a lonesome and morally questionable job. Like photography, as a medium that is now shifting towards older processes, the work intends to reflect on an older method of sales that no longer exists and give a glimpse into the past.

References

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