I’ve become completely obsessed with photographer and famous Flikreite Rosey Hardy, pictured above. Her account features mainly self portraits, and candid comments about her life under each picture. (I very much hope she doesn't mind me posting these here. I'm a bit of a late comer to her work by internet standards, but art is timeless and her account is definitely worth a look, and her website too.)
She took the majority of these photos while in her senior year of highschool, after hours. Equally as fascinating is the real life love story that plays out through her writing and comments when she falls in love and eventually meets another incredible flicker member (pictured above) on the other side of the world. I recommend starting at the beginning on p18 and working backwards to the present.
For some reason the above picture really resonates with me. I have no idea why, but it expresses the way I often feel inside. Thank you Rosey for sharing!
That last picture is incredible Ally K. I can understand why you're drawn to it. It really resonated with me too. So complex. She's trying to be free but tethered to a rock but if she wasn't tied to it she might topple over the edge of the cliff. But maybe she realises this? So interesting.
ReplyDeleteI have a Chagall pic (it's kind of funny and whimsical though) that is a personal fave for similar reasons. A woman is flying in the air, lifted by the wind but a man standing on the ground is holding her hand to stop her flying away. Again, I like the ambiguity of the effect of the anchor (rock/man)...
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/files/MarcChagallDerSpaziergang.jpg
xx K
PS. I can't believe this artist was in highschool when she took these pics. What am I doing with me time??! ;)
Yes - so true Katie! For me it's that feeling of wanting to be free and fearless and of being tied down or held back... by your self - or perhaps by common sense. And yes I agree that Chagall pic also represents those conflicting emotions of wanting to be free and also wanting to be grounded by a man who wears lipstick and heels. Ha ha! I mean by love.
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