Jeff Friesen has stated about this project: “There was a time when we all wandered the earth like little gods. Faced with an unknown world we made it our own, imagining creatures and landscapes into being between breaths. Even our smallest thoughts were acts of creation. Days passed but we took no notice. Then, without warning, everything changed. Time, for so long immaterial, made its grip known. Seasons that seemed eternal began passing by like cars hurtling towards a distant city. The years laid sediment that hardened our thoughts. We were mortal after all.
After taking care of our daughter, June, for her first three years I was incredulous that she would eventually forget the rich experiences that lit up her days. Why are we destined to lose the memories of our early life? It seems unjust that our most vivid perceptions of the world get confined to a locked room in our subconscious. Like many parents I turned to photography to keep a record of June’s lost time. The initial images were fine, but also redundant in the churn of today’s limitless photography. I wanted more than just record keeping—I wanted to make June’s thoughts, her secret world, visible.”
The artist has been awarded internationally for his work.