"Martha Naranjo Sandoval's new photobook has an intriguing title: Small Death. The two words, when placed together, are loaded with meaning and potential interpretation, something the photographer intended. "I wanted a title that was not static and pointed at different things - petite mort, muerte chiquita," Martha says. "But to me it also alludes to other kinds of small death. Like when you emigrate and leave some of who you were behind.""
"There was one final, more practical reason - the ease of creation. In Mexico, analogue photography had proved hard to practice. "Getting film was hard, developing was hard, scanning was hard, printing was hard," says Martha. "I had the suspicion that it was going to be easier in New York, so I brought my analogue camera with me when I was packing.""
In 2014 Martha moved from Mexico to New York and chose to document that transition through a photobook titled Small Death. The title evokes petite mort and other small deaths, including the loss of parts of oneself through emigration. She intended the title to be non-static and multilayered. The move presented a moment to memorialise a life change and sparked a strong instinct to record a new, independent life. Her father’s adoption of photography after her birth inspired her to pick up a camera. Analogue practices were difficult in Mexico, so she brought her analogue camera to New York where film, developing, scanning, and printing were easier.
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