I linked Slava Pirsky to this site about a year ago. A couple days ago, he posted this photograph of his daughter Alex, part of an ongoing project that is both a family album and a creative endeavor. His site is in Russian, so I can't make heads nor tails of much, but he and Anna Hayat, the mother of Alex, are photographers. When I asked if I could post this photo, I also asked if he could write a bit about the project. He wrote back:
Hi, Bill
You can post our photos, sure. But we don't know what can we say about. This project doesn't have any super idea, it's only try to fix our daughter growing-)))
I love the project. It is beautiful and heartbreaking to watch this girl grow up. Sort of. All we know of her are the images, light falling from a window in some obscure room. She becomes archetype onto which we project our own visions of childhood. What will become of her, we wonder? What glories and devastations will befall her? Of course, some of you already know, but it is a tale played out again and again. Only so few take the time to make such a beautiful record.
Slava, Anna, and Alex.
the picture is beautiful, though their site is blocked at school. I'll have to wait and see it when I get home. I started a blog like that with Tiny Dancer pictures...I'll look forward to see what they have done...
ReplyDeleteOdd how you don't recognize that many of the Boy photos are the same.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe you do? Or maybe you don't see that because you are one? Boy?
I do like Boys. Been a problem my whole entire life.
I've posted a photo today. Boy or girl?
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ReplyDeleteYes, Mr. Pirsky is a fine photographer. I am most fond of the running series of portraits of his daughter.
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
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