Jeannine Baldomero

Human hair is recording our history as we live it. Through the ever-advancing science of hair analysis, it is possible to see what a person has been eating and drinking, what drugs they have been taking, and even in what country they have been living and at what altitude. Everything we consume, combined with environmental and experiential influences alters the structure of our hair. When viewed under a microscope, the many layers revealed in the hairshaft can be seen as similar to the rings of a tree, which develop over thousands of years time, bearing witness to history.

This newly developed series of works explores the concept of hair as a recorder of much more than we are able to currently see under the microscope-- pushing the idea a step further to view hair as a recorder of human history, experience and memory.