Lorena Turner: Made in China

For this project, items made and packaged in China were purchased in US department stores and bodegas. They remained in their original packaging until they were dusted for fingerprints and then photographed under black lights. This process allowed for the evidence of another's touch, quite possibly the person involved in constructing and packaging the item, to be revealed.
Made in China highlights the human factor and invisible history in each object's production, and forces us to reconsider the relationship those who are leaving their fingerprints on each item may have with it.

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Lorena Turner is a social scientist with a camera. She tells stories related to identity and self-perception, ethno-political conflict, and consumer culture. Her projects incorporate photography, interviews and video, as well as emphasize graphic design. Her works is shown both nationally and internationally. Lorena received an MFA from the University of Oregon, and teaches photojournalism and documentary studies in the Communication department at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California.

She is based in Los Angeles and New York City.