Daniela Spector (b. 1988) is a visual artist living and working in Queens, New York. Spector's practice investigates archives and grief, culminating in different media, including photography, collage, embroidery, and zines. Her projects typically develop over sustained periods, allowing her to form relationships with her subjects.

I Forbid You to Forget Me is a series of family archival photos appropriated into collage work to focus on the loss of Spector's mother, Maggie. The series investigates two contradictory urges: the archival urge to reflect upon the past and the conceptualist urge to bend the process of reflection toward the practice of contemplating. Almost all of the materials used within the series are sourced from Spector’s family archive and implemented in a variety of processes, including embroidered phrases onto family photographs, pairing portraits of Maggie with items she left behind, and transferring images onto fabric.

Daniela Spector (b. 1988) is a visual artist living and working in Queens, New York. Spector's practice investigates archives and grief, culminating in different media, including photography, collage, embroidery, and zines. Her projects typically develop over sustained periods, allowing her to form relationships with her subjects.

I Forbid You to Forget Me is a series of family archival photos appropriated into collage work to focus on the loss of Spector's mother, Maggie. The series investigates two contradictory urges: the archival urge to reflect upon the past and the conceptualist urge to bend the process of reflection toward the practice of contemplating. Almost all of the materials used within the series are sourced from Spector’s family archive and implemented in a variety of processes, including embroidered phrases onto family photographs, pairing portraits of Maggie with items she left behind, and transferring images onto fabric.