https://carolinealfonso.com Caroline Alfonso Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:48:29 +0000 https://carolinealfonso.com en https://carolinealfonso.com/Home Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:16:31 +0000 Caroline Alfonso https://carolinealfonso.com/Home https://carolinealfonso.com/Tear-Project Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:16:32 +0000 Caroline Alfonso https://carolinealfonso.com/Tear-Project Tear Project2021-2023 Continuing my experimentation with the preservation of grief, I became fascinated with tears. A biological reaction that represented so much more than a bodily function within the context of loss. They are ephemeral by nature, much like photography, and so I set out to collect them like I do images. By crying onto ph-sensitive papers whenever my grief would surface I made quite a small collection showcasing the frequency and controlling nature of grief. This was then paired alongside these unsuspecting landscape photographs of the San Fernando Valley.&nbsp; <img width="2796" height="2048" width_o="2796" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3010edab8554b9668371d7d5c0374b5b3ae78ce756eb3936e92fdd75467bb85/000031630018-copy.jpg" data-mid="152085684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3010edab8554b9668371d7d5c0374b5b3ae78ce756eb3936e92fdd75467bb85/000031630018-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2796" height="2048" width_o="2796" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bcbbf27f18d45ea6f1520a92160d9d271d3b61df14c34edc61e951102ef1dd4/000031630027-copy.jpg" data-mid="152087821" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9bcbbf27f18d45ea6f1520a92160d9d271d3b61df14c34edc61e951102ef1dd4/000031630027-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4824" height="3533" width_o="4824" height_o="3533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e7b8f67ba9d78e62ed49ea8d6f6bfc61ef12655ecda5571e492e6fdbfe50989/000397460009-copy-2.jpg" data-mid="152087832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e7b8f67ba9d78e62ed49ea8d6f6bfc61ef12655ecda5571e492e6fdbfe50989/000397460009-copy-2.jpg" /> <img width="4824" height="3533" width_o="4824" height_o="3533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3146d5deb7744d7c65b57b30ee3cb98ee09fb83a917394520a06836f1da5e590/000397460008-copy-2.jpg" data-mid="152087831" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3146d5deb7744d7c65b57b30ee3cb98ee09fb83a917394520a06836f1da5e590/000397460008-copy-2.jpg" /> <img width="2578" height="1888" width_o="2578" height_o="1888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3cf0e1e6b111ea8cc8abf86da1f0c2b72f7acbfd8da78ca72511cdd85c2513d/000031630021-copy.jpg" data-mid="152789452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3cf0e1e6b111ea8cc8abf86da1f0c2b72f7acbfd8da78ca72511cdd85c2513d/000031630021-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2748" height="2013" width_o="2748" height_o="2013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/785ff8db292feb306474027566625525f7d9ba0539a05b421056235daeacbfaf/000031630017-copy.jpg" data-mid="152085671" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/785ff8db292feb306474027566625525f7d9ba0539a05b421056235daeacbfaf/000031630017-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4824" height="3533" width_o="4824" height_o="3533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55c327134045d36ee4fce7e24ca85d0561563a974ee1aca76f7db5ce8cae9823/000036230009-copy.jpg" data-mid="152087822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55c327134045d36ee4fce7e24ca85d0561563a974ee1aca76f7db5ce8cae9823/000036230009-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4738" height="3470" width_o="4738" height_o="3470" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ac53bbd89586679d641e7221fd69c1363588acdb3a165f3d8815681e5338185/000293540004-copy-2.jpg" data-mid="152087825" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ac53bbd89586679d641e7221fd69c1363588acdb3a165f3d8815681e5338185/000293540004-copy-2.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1357" width_o="2048" height_o="1357" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8419f814f72a3b868507a6d9a179995315bdf6dbfbca45dd5dcb0d7ac679a73a/96430013-copy.jpg" data-mid="152788946" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8419f814f72a3b868507a6d9a179995315bdf6dbfbca45dd5dcb0d7ac679a73a/96430013-copy.jpg" /> Return https://carolinealfonso.com/generational-Un-Forgetting Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:48:29 +0000 Caroline Alfonso https://carolinealfonso.com/generational-Un-Forgetting Generational (Un)Forgetting2024-2025 This project is an exploration of the process of history making, looking at the intersection of personal and collective histories to better contextualize the actions of the individuals who came before me. This interest is then focused through the lens of photography, narrowing down the ways in which we narrativize and cherry pick the past to build our identities. After losing my father and experiencing the complications of grief, I became interested in how we acquire all that we carry with us. I was left with all these inherited traits, some good, some seemingly more bad, and I wasn’t sure how to make sense of them without looking to the past. I discovered a family photo album of newspaper clippings and press photographs depicting his early life in a newly independent Manila. When compared to accounts of his lived experiences, the publicized contents of the album seemed to create an overly idealized version of his parents' lives as “successful” restaurateurs and socialites. In relying on both private and public institutions and comparing and contrasting my findings with one another, I attempted to find truths in the random fragmented collections of press photographs and family portraits. This piece consists of original photos and articles from the Manila times, a paper initially started for American soldiers stationed abroad in the philippines during the spanish-american war. Still in print today, it was the first English language paper in the far east and the first daily American newspaper in the Philippines. Since it was written in English the contents of the paper were more exclusionary. Written primarily for the aforementioned Americans and wealthy Filipinos doing business with them, this made the contents of the paper more aspirational for a majority of Filipinos. The publication’s numerous lifestyle and weekend supplementals aided in pushing western ideals and standards onto a susceptible country recovering from some of world war two’s most devastating atrocities while also navigating a newly found “independence” from the US. <img width="8605" height="5737" width_o="8605" height_o="5737" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a83b56cede5363dfd696a2e67d52285bcae76b292eda5c61a3150603427ee3c/2D1A3740-copy.jpg" data-mid="244058655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a83b56cede5363dfd696a2e67d52285bcae76b292eda5c61a3150603427ee3c/2D1A3740-copy.jpg" /> <img width="4097" height="6147" width_o="4097" height_o="6147" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/168892607e9bf2c1afc19f85742140269c473ddac643281d69c316b4a8a64ea2/2D1A3739-copy.jpg" data-mid="244058654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/168892607e9bf2c1afc19f85742140269c473ddac643281d69c316b4a8a64ea2/2D1A3739-copy.jpg" /> <img width="6595" height="4397" width_o="6595" height_o="4397" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/179617926991aa8ef94ba83806fcc026def9c6107bb1f6f2e8bd5016af663ddb/Alfonso.PublicvsPrivate.4.jpg" data-mid="244058658" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/179617926991aa8ef94ba83806fcc026def9c6107bb1f6f2e8bd5016af663ddb/Alfonso.PublicvsPrivate.4.jpg" /> <img width="6317" height="4212" width_o="6317" height_o="4212" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfc8adee23747db40430bae161c697368d9f98c97d0ed37bd6e9ecfff9c8ec9b/Alfonso.PublicvsPrivate.2.jpg" data-mid="244058657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cfc8adee23747db40430bae161c697368d9f98c97d0ed37bd6e9ecfff9c8ec9b/Alfonso.PublicvsPrivate.2.jpg" /> <img width="5646" height="3763" width_o="5646" height_o="3763" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4995ae82b9f7738f7df54582701f809e2cd16115de11bcf9df199bb9ff9de26b/Alfonso.PublicvsPrivate.1.jpg" data-mid="244058656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4995ae82b9f7738f7df54582701f809e2cd16115de11bcf9df199bb9ff9de26b/Alfonso.PublicvsPrivate.1.jpg" /> Return https://carolinealfonso.com/Ostrich-Series-1 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 03:24:08 +0000 Caroline Alfonso https://carolinealfonso.com/Ostrich-Series-1 Ostrich Series 2021Pandemic Art. Overwhelmed and attempting self-preservation. Throughout this process I did learn that Ostriches put their heads in the sand to care for their buried eggs... perhaps their self-preservation is not so self-centered afterall? <img width="3089" height="2048" width_o="3089" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb2229c4817698d9c350abb4ff764ea7226403971109a3fdfb27e035d3fc5084/1.jpg" data-mid="152180402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb2229c4817698d9c350abb4ff764ea7226403971109a3fdfb27e035d3fc5084/1.jpg" /> <img width="6774" height="4398" width_o="6774" height_o="4398" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f9dda85b1a73a35b026d192bbf4b047edae359ad930a2d113199bca86a2f3fe/2..jpg" data-mid="152180403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f9dda85b1a73a35b026d192bbf4b047edae359ad930a2d113199bca86a2f3fe/2..jpg" /> <img width="6774" height="4404" width_o="6774" height_o="4404" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fa844e14d3a8c156daedcd31671bbd142aa299868a80b96dffb8eae8814c37b/3..jpg" data-mid="152180405" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fa844e14d3a8c156daedcd31671bbd142aa299868a80b96dffb8eae8814c37b/3..jpg" /> <img width="6774" height="4397" width_o="6774" height_o="4397" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de58aca557a9ec228007741aa4fe8a2f9213edaabbe87dcfcd0044ac37c54d5d/4..jpg" data-mid="152180407" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de58aca557a9ec228007741aa4fe8a2f9213edaabbe87dcfcd0044ac37c54d5d/4..jpg" /> <img width="6774" height="4396" width_o="6774" height_o="4396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f3110cb4611db83d7aa8d762bbc9289627a0b7884e55c64141209de8e187533/5.jpg" data-mid="152180409" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f3110cb4611db83d7aa8d762bbc9289627a0b7884e55c64141209de8e187533/5.jpg" /> <img width="6774" height="4422" width_o="6774" height_o="4422" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ba9deecd2b69575b5618c7a4a202c717e517c4bbd565c40d9e9c33d7b3bfc02/7.jpg" data-mid="152180413" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ba9deecd2b69575b5618c7a4a202c717e517c4bbd565c40d9e9c33d7b3bfc02/7.jpg" /> <img width="6774" height="4376" width_o="6774" height_o="4376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/272e806a289a3f4a3486759e7011b3a90396c17c1ed1d4c816979b290882fef6/8.jpg" data-mid="152180414" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/272e806a289a3f4a3486759e7011b3a90396c17c1ed1d4c816979b290882fef6/8.jpg" /> Return https://carolinealfonso.com/Holga-Gestures-2 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:16:34 +0000 Caroline Alfonso https://carolinealfonso.com/Holga-Gestures-2 Holga&nbsp; 2019-2020 <img width="3000" height="2400" width_o="3000" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/746b38dfa71f118aa8d25d93b7acd0e506054f3422dd790c61419ad48ec9faa9/Irwin-Portfolio-1-copy-2.jpg" data-mid="152180029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/746b38dfa71f118aa8d25d93b7acd0e506054f3422dd790c61419ad48ec9faa9/Irwin-Portfolio-1-copy-2.jpg" /> <img width="44956" height="5419" width_o="44956" height_o="5419" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4eca390236db91d71f5ae989b58c7300ea6f48ffa03e4b0b33230b3fa03b6b3/Home-Daisy_Compiled.jpg" data-mid="217523144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4eca390236db91d71f5ae989b58c7300ea6f48ffa03e4b0b33230b3fa03b6b3/Home-Daisy_Compiled.jpg" /> <img width="19596" height="5419" width_o="19596" height_o="5419" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7f661f58e69a418581e4c2443b63c39073bf2e0e770c37a80e33d03bdd159c2/panoramic_landscape.jpg" data-mid="152180030" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7f661f58e69a418581e4c2443b63c39073bf2e0e770c37a80e33d03bdd159c2/panoramic_landscape.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1200" width_o="1500" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d0ce5434f2b200c79bc12e5df1b9a0936971ffc0d5c02763c02fa5b7ff6782e/irwin-example-4-copy.jpg" data-mid="152180028" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d0ce5434f2b200c79bc12e5df1b9a0936971ffc0d5c02763c02fa5b7ff6782e/irwin-example-4-copy.jpg" /> <img width="7818" height="3540" width_o="7818" height_o="3540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72a16eb486d8db443f5b8897730a186eebb02b6f3b3f1e0a26934042cef1034a/burying-gesture.jpg" data-mid="152180026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72a16eb486d8db443f5b8897730a186eebb02b6f3b3f1e0a26934042cef1034a/burying-gesture.jpg" /> <img width="7505" height="4812" width_o="7505" height_o="4812" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42c13200041498c4d95356bb7da0ad5b86afe5dd736316b3f0ddabac1c40bb25/000036240004-copy-2.jpg" data-mid="152180025" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42c13200041498c4d95356bb7da0ad5b86afe5dd736316b3f0ddabac1c40bb25/000036240004-copy-2.jpg" /> <img width="20696" height="1491" width_o="20696" height_o="1491" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ae0ff6a41328c1070a95d4bcd03f6a126693d141934dff4b1a97847a4a44796/Tester_Holga_Panormaic.jpg" data-mid="217524010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ae0ff6a41328c1070a95d4bcd03f6a126693d141934dff4b1a97847a4a44796/Tester_Holga_Panormaic.jpg" /> Return https://carolinealfonso.com/About Sun, 16 Jan 2022 21:49:43 +0000 Caroline Alfonso https://carolinealfonso.com/About &nbsp;Caroline Alfonso (b. 1999) is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in the Los Angeles Valley.&nbsp; Her work in photography, performance and craft all aid in an exploration of loss, memory, and the discconect between then and now. &nbsp; &nbsp; She’s curious about how we aquire all that we carry and how to make it a lighter load. Chalking it up to the past, she uses photography to meditate on her experiences as well as the experiences of those that came before her. She spends a lot of time thinking about the processes in which moments turn into memories and memories turn into histories. &nbsp; &nbsp; She wants to know where forgotten histories go. &nbsp; &nbsp; if they can be salvaged without those that lived it. &nbsp; &nbsp; if a photograph can tell those (hi)stories honestly. &nbsp; &nbsp; how her life becomes a part of those (hi)stories. &nbsp; &nbsp;So in short, her practice is mostly in picking up fragments and making them too. At times she even puts them side by side. She sees herself mostly as an assembler. &nbsp; Thanks for reading here’s my email: carolinemalfonso@gmail.com &nbsp; https://carolinealfonso.com/CV Tue, 06 Sep 2022 04:37:32 +0000 Caroline Alfonso https://carolinealfonso.com/CV CV EDUCATION: University of California, Los Angeles MLIS (2027) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Masters in Library and Information Science&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; w/ a focus in Archival Studies University of California, Santa Cruz BA (2021) Studio Art BASociology BA SHOWS:Public vs Private Memories: Examining the Construction of History through Archival Images, DLS-CSB , Manila (2024) William G. Ericson Foundation Photography Competition, Boone Family Art Gallery (2023) Irwin Scholarship Award Show, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz (2021) Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship Show, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz (2021) Picking Up the Pieces, Art Mill, Czech Republic (2019)AWARDS: Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award (2023-2024) Art Center Extension Scholarship (2023) William G. Ericson Foundation Photography Competition - Best in Category (2023) Irwin Scholarship Award (2021) Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship (2021) Irwin Project Grant (2020 &amp; 2021) Art + Transformation Grant (2021) UC Santa Cruz Special Collections Exhibition Award (2017- 2018)PUBLICATIONS: Test Strip (2025)COLLECTIONS: UC Santa Cruz Special Collections and Archives (2021)