Instead of showing a portfolio of
her work, similarly to my previous Uelsmann post, I have instead decided to
focus on one particular photograph... her most recognizable of works: Child
with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park
" She catches me in a moment
of exasperation. It's true, I was exasperated. My parents had divorced and
there was a general feeling of loneliness, a sense of being abandoned. I was
just exploding. She saw that and it's like . . . commiseration. She captured
the loneliness of everyone. It's all people who want to connect but don't know
how to connect. And I think that's how she felt about herself. She felt damaged
and she hoped that by wallowing in that feeling, through photography, she could
transcend herself."-
This quote was spoken by the boy
being photographed; Colin Wood and it remarkably captures the horror's of the
Cold War as well as that of Wood's own personable demon's. What strikes me the most is its resonation in my mind, I
first viewed it about two years ago and seeing it among 50 other photographer's,
its impact was frightening.
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