Upon the creation of this series, I asked myself a million questions. I thought about what I wanted to capture, and what I wanted the things I captured to show. I began to think about who I am as a person, and how I got there. I know for sure that I’ve been shaped by people, places, and events, but what about things? What about the toys and objects of pleasure from our youth? How do these things shape who we are? Then I got to wondering why in the world I still had many of the toys from my childhood. I wondered if I was holding onto these things that I used to love because I felt that somehow they were, and maybe even still are, a part of who I am. These photographs show evidence of my childhood, and each object has such a history in my life. I do not necessarily have a use for most of the things in these photographs - many are broken and have been neglected. But for some reason, whenever I look at the Pretty Pretty Princess game, I think about the many times I convinced my brothers to play it with me. I look at the books that line my shelves, and think of the worlds I ran away to as a child. The rollerblades with yet another broken front wheel remind me of finding freedom and escape. I think we all have objects that we like to hold onto because of the memories they hold. Yet I still wonder if part of the reason is because these objects hold more than just memories - they hold the people that we were at a given point in time. A person that we can never fully be again.