The object is the blue carpet and the decor of the room, which in itself alludes to an era of time that has past.
The theme of this staged photograph is nostalgia.
How can we even begin to explain nostalgia?
Why do we feel nostalgic of our past?
And can one only experience nostalgia upon the understanding of mortality?
These questions correlate to the medium of photography which enjoys a brief history compared to other art mediums; yet has strong ties to the past.
The photograph (as we all know) becomes history the instant the photograph is taken.
This piece uses colour to address the melancholy one may experience when looking at images of the past.
Something is always missing in a photograph. It never quite gives us what we are looking for.
However, the photograph is always somehow familiar.
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-katie
I'm really intrigued by this image. I keep coming back to it to make a comment, but I am just totally baffled by it. I want to know how you made it, because it looks digitally put together, but then there is the shadow cast on the wall that looks quite real. I have a feeling that might be the point. I like the over-emphasized glamour placed in such a mundane, though maybe at a time, very regal environment. The whole thing is just very off, but in a great way.
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