THE PERSISTENCE OF FAMILY

Before the Waterfall

Babydolls

Kiddie Pool

Grandma's Doll

Two Grandmothers

Vogue

Ladiesman

Going to the Fair

The Two Boxers

Come Out and Play

Playing with Fire

Girl Time

Namesake

First Date

Standoff

General Store

Matriarchs

Grown

When I Went Down Beside the Sea

Betwixt

The Graduates

The images in "The Persistence of Family" interrogate the role family relationships and history play in shaping our sense of ourselves and our place in the world. They are composites of my family photographs, photographs I took of my children, and the New England landscapes in which they and I grew up. Driven by a longing for connection, generations reach for each other across time. These pictures suggest that perhaps the present, in each of us, contains both the past and the future. Ultimately, this series portrays the layered process of becoming, and the complex interweaving of time, place, and identity.

Photography is often thought to be the medium capturing the "decisive moment." In Diana Cheren Nygren's work, it is not singular frozen moments that we encounter, but rather the passage of time through juxtapositions of photographs from the present and the past. I was entranced by Nygren's ethereal and ghostly tableaus that explore memory, place, and identity. The interplay of images illuminates the past's intrinsic and significant role in the present.

– Ada Takahashi, LensCulture Critics’ Choice Awards

PX3 Best New Talent 2021 is Diana Cheren Nygren with her stunning work The Persistence of Family, a Fine Art masterpiece collating generations together through old family photos and new ones.

— All About Photo Magazine

Diana Cheren Nygren weaves together familial generations with lyrical layers in nostalgic hues.

— What Will You Remember

Features:
Gente di Fotografia
The Hand Magazine
Dodho Magazine
L’Oeil de la Photographie
All About Photo
PH Museum
Fraction Magazine
South x Southeast Magazine

Awards:
Special Mention, Urbanautica
Longlist, Aesthetica Art Prize 2022
Finalist, Creative Photo Awards 2022
International Portfolio Competition Winner, Soho Photo Galler
Selected Winner, American Photography 38
Magenta Foundation International Photographer Award, Exposure 2022
Shortlist, Athens Photo Festival
Shortlist, Belfast Photo Festival
Best in Shoot (Photo/Video), London International Creative Competition
Juror Top 5, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Gold, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Silver, New York Photography Awards
Runner Up, 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
2nd Place, Budapest International Foto Awards
Gold, Budapest International Foto Awards
Evolution Grant, Art Fluent
Shortlist, BBA photography Prize
Best New Talent, PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris
First Place, PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris
Gold, PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris
Shortlist, IMA Next “Change”
Critical Mass Top 200, 2021
Critics’ Choice Award, LensCulture
Finalist, Urban2021
Runner Up, OpenImage Barcelona
Exhibition Prize, Passepartout Prize