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- Looking for You -
(quoting W.S. Merwin, "The Search")
This group of pictures was produced as boxed portfolio sets of ten 11" x 14" photographs in 1980, made from 4" x 5" color negatives. The idea was, of course, a reference to the vanitas still lifes of history. In this case, I used familiar objects and images combined with favorite texts, all of which had a kind of retrospective melancholy. This project had a great deal of personal meaning and attempted to put to rest some feelings of loss and grief. At the same time, the pictures were celebrations of every small item within them. Also, this was my first attempt to combine texts (particularly poems) with pictures, a theme that would be pursued further in the future. For more, see the Vanitas essay. |
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