May 3, 2007

Be Yourself Tonight

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Talking about his project Be Yourself Tonight in which he rephotographs images from his family photoalbum Norwegian photographer Dag Nordbrenden says, "[this project] very much deals with the sadness of returning home... there is the experience of returning home to something that appears to be exactly as it always has been, but at the same time confirms that things have changed, since you have changed. The family photo album is in a way a celebration of the family - a celebration of the family that used to be. It is both something very private, but still something that one is eager to show in social gatherings to resent the official image of the family. But still photographs of holidays and celebrations will never guarantee that family members actually know each other."

(via Foam #7)

posted at 06:26 PM by raul

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Comments:

05/04/07 03:07 PM

amazing...here is a photo of my father-in-law done in the same style.
http://flickr.com/photos/blahblahblah/211041126/in/set-185187/
such a clever idea.

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