Natalie Stephens
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Coming Home
Coming Home is a photographic series combining film and digital photography to explore the transition to adulthood and the conflict it raises between leaving or staying in one's hometown. The composite scenes of the artist's hometown of Northville, Michigan, visualize the tension of a colliding past and possible future. Says Stephens, "I have found that since I began college four years ago I felt a push and pull between wanting to remain connected to my hometown of Northville, Michigan, and not finding myself stuck there and stuck in the past as I have observed many people do." Through these images, we come to understand the experiences of growing up and learning how to navigate what it means to leave home and the nuances of coming back home.![](https://www.stampsgrads.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/30946a18-IPFinal1.jpg)
The Northville Cider Mill, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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The Railroad Tracks, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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The Old Clock Tower, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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The Famous Slide, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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The Only Swings, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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The Rouge River, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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Castle Park, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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Mill Race Village, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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The Lonely Bench, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″
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The Dollhouse, 2020
Digital & Film Based Photo Composite
20″ x 30″