Rebecca Holbrook
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December 13, 2008, 4:21 pm
Filed under: Marshall University
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Rebecca Holbrook
Advanced Photo Studio: Graduate
Silver Gelatin Print
15×15 inches
Untitled Series
These photographs are part of a series of portraits that examine the people and places that inhabit family albums. This series of work is a fabrication of the rural and class-specific social structure and history that is apparent in the vernacular images that have inspired it.
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Somehow there is a very lonesome and sad tone to these images. The use of b/w takes away something that forces the viewer to want to paint back in. I think this feeling is important to these photographs.
Comment by Yuuya Masada December 15, 2008 @ 3:24 amThese are really thought provoking images. Very interestingly executed portraits and the vivid contrast feels suiting for the subjects. This has great potential at a series, I’d like to see the rest.
Comment by Mark December 15, 2008 @ 3:32 amYou should check out Robert Frank and his book “The Americans”. It reminds me a lot of his work with documenting life around the U.S. But it also has a touch of Richard Avedon and his book “In The American West” which takes people out of their natural setting and taking straight portraits of just the person.
Comment by Morgana April 7, 2009 @ 2:33 pmThank you for the comments. Frank’s “The Americans” is actually one of my favorite photo collections–I was looking at August Sander while making these photographs as well.
Comment by Rebecca June 2, 2009 @ 8:06 amThe oldest looks like my nephew Rick(y) but the youngest looks like my sister Anna when she was young. Seriously, I have always loved your work.
Comment by Forrest's Oldest Son June 18, 2009 @ 8:40 am