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UNFOLDING MEMORIES
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UNFOLDING MEMORIES – Tina Barney
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Tina Barney
These photographs by the American artist Tina Barney seem almost like casual snapshots. Someone reads a newspaper. A family spends time together. An evening barbecue is going on in the backyard. The longer we look, however, the more the relationships between the characters become apparent.
Barney has been photographing the people in her life since the 1980s, including members of her own family. In the process, she constantly navigates between spontaneous observation and careful composition. The situations seem ordinary, but at the same time they are very deliberately composed.
At first, Sunday New York Times seems to focus on reading the paper together. However, little by little, our gaze starts to wander around the room. Connections form between the individuals, expressed through glances, gestures, and postures.
In Tim, Phil and I, body language again reveals a great deal about the relationships between the people in the photo. Without anyone speaking, we get the impression of a family situation full of intimacy, but also of minor tensions.
We may know such moments from our own family life. It is often precisely these everyday situations that leave a particularly strong impression on our memory.
Barney explores the question of how a sense of belonging becomes visible. What connects people to each other? How do we recognize family?
She has photographed the same people time and again over many years. As a result, her photos almost become a family album in their own right. They document changes, but they also shed light on what endures over time. In this way, her pictures not only capture individual moments, but also reflect relationships that have developed over decades.
Barney has been photographing the people in her life since the 1980s, including members of her own family. In the process, she constantly navigates between spontaneous observation and careful composition. The situations seem ordinary, but at the same time they are very deliberately composed.
At first, Sunday New York Times seems to focus on reading the paper together. However, little by little, our gaze starts to wander around the room. Connections form between the individuals, expressed through glances, gestures, and postures.
In Tim, Phil and I, body language again reveals a great deal about the relationships between the people in the photo. Without anyone speaking, we get the impression of a family situation full of intimacy, but also of minor tensions.
We may know such moments from our own family life. It is often precisely these everyday situations that leave a particularly strong impression on our memory.
Barney explores the question of how a sense of belonging becomes visible. What connects people to each other? How do we recognize family?
She has photographed the same people time and again over many years. As a result, her photos almost become a family album in their own right. They document changes, but they also shed light on what endures over time. In this way, her pictures not only capture individual moments, but also reflect relationships that have developed over decades.