Inner Pillars (2023) serves as a visual metaphor. Using layered cyanotypes on glass, I depict influential women in my life. Their features obscured by my presence, a version of themselves seen, literally, through me. At the core of the work, the focus lies on the conceptual exploration of intricate layers of identity and the transformative influence of familial relationships.    The smaller versions of these cyanotypes serve as echoes of each individual, with some of them missing images replaced by written records. This aspect is particularly significant for those who lack childhood images, as it fills the gaps in their childhood memories these records become a visual archive resembling how readers imagine characters in a book, creating a missing photograph in our minds. It's a contrast highlighting how younger generations now have the privilege of a comprehensive visual record of their lives. The blue of the cyanotype acts similarly to the blue we see in the sky: the closer it is to us, the darker the blue, but the closer it gets to the horizon, the lighter it becomes. This speaks to that same distance where, when you look at the work from the front, it acts the same way as the sky. This concept addresses physical distance but also the distance in time and generations, creating echoes within us.