Relative Closeness presents the work of artists who focus their cameras on their own homes and families. By recording their children, spouses, friends, and parents, these artists explore their immediate environments and the people who anchor them, as a way to reflect upon their past, anticipate their future and, perhaps, their own mortality. Ranging from affectionate portraits to psychologically challenging images of people inhabiting the same space but clearly not connecting, this exhibition presents works that reflect the universal sweetness, sanctuary, and stresses of family life.
10 jul 2007
Relative Closeness
Photographs of Family and Friends
Since its inception, photography has been enthusiastically embraced as a means to create images of family members and loved ones. In the mid-1800s photographic portraiture was all the rage, daguerreotype studios were set up in major cities and people were fascinated by the technology’s ability to capture accurate likenesses of people.
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