She is a mixed media collage portrait artist. She uses this technique to tell stories of the lives of people who are missing or dead. She is often commissioned to do these works, people send her images, text, fabric, anything they want included to her and she puts these collages together.
She does them knowing nothing personally about the people.
I think they are really beautiful, acting almost like a modern day cameo. They can be passed through generations remembering loved ones.
I am going to attempt to create my own collage in this style but using photos and letters from my Dad. Caplan works on a non-personal level, but I want to see if I can create something just as beautiful as her work but on a very personal level.
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