This series explores loss of innocence.  The Teddy Bear is a timeless and powerful expression of childhood and an earlier, simpler time.  It can also stand as a symbol for individual memories of youth or society’s collective memory of the past.  Through the images in this series, I am reflecting on experiences that erode our innocence, whether individually or collectively.  Initial viewings may engender amusement, but I encourage patient contemplation of a more personal emotional meaning.

           The Teddy Bear used in this series belongs to my wife, and to her father and grandfather before her.  It has a long memory.