Synopses & Reviews
The Memory of My Wardrobe, a project by Finnish photographer Ida Taavitsainen, explores the personal narratives given to clothing inherited or simply handed down to her by her family. Over the years, she acquired a lot of clothes, many once belonging to people she never knewandmdash;her great-great-grandmother, for instanceandmdash;but all with family ties. The clothes interested her: What were their histories? What had they gone through before she started wearing them? What stories do a ripped seam or the faded color of a fabric tell? Here, her careandshy;fully composed still-life photographs and brief anecdotes tell a charming taleandmdash;a family album full of stories but without people.
About the Author
Ida Taavitsainen was born in 1987 in Helsinki and is currently working on her masterandrsquo;s degree in photography at the Royal College of Art, London. She prefers analog photographyandmdash;color and black-and-whiteandmdash;and hand-prints most of her work in the darkroom.
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