Emerging
Ava Williams
I hate answering the
As a result, they have to
question, “What’s it like to
separate from the other
The Twins
be a twin?” because I can’t
twin. In my experience,
answer it accurately. I’ve
this was done reluctantly.
been attached to my twin
We went to different
sister, Chloe, for 22 years.
colleges and were no longer
All children, including
together all the time. When
twins, go through a stage
I started to photograph
in adolescence where they
Chloe, I dove into my true
separate from their parents,
feelings of twinhood. I use
form their own opinions
photography to show the
and become their own
way our memories overlap
beings. Twins can find
and the bond that formed
each other as third parents.
before we were born.
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