My father was a professional photographer, so I grew up surrounded by outtakes and miscellaneous random photos from whatever he was processing in his basement darkroom– I was constantly playing with these images that had this sense of the uncanny–without context as to who was in them or where they were taken. I think this heavily influenced my work because I draw from photography and work from the archive a lot
Rea Tajri's work has been influenced by her family context, history and his father profession as a photographer