Photo Journal Monday: Alana Celii
Corey as The Bather, 2005, C-Print
Images and text by Alana Celii
The notion of home exists within the realm of the comfortable and familiar. It is often relating to feelings of domesticity and cannot only represent a physical space, but also a time. The homely describes the sensation of when one feels at home, but also can be defined as ugliness.
Playboy, 2008, C-Print
Bobby, 2008, C-Print
Often, the true home is repressed and hidden through the guise of comfort or idealized perfection. However, when hidden details about the home are revealed, one experiences a sense of the uncanny. As a consequence of photographing, what was to remain secret about this environment has now been unearthed.
Berries, 2008, C-Print
Wallpaper, 2007, C-Print
Through the exploration of my own personal moments, details that usually go unnoticed are uncovered. This minutia conveys the beauty in the forgotten and the ignored. It is the instance where everything feels foreign and familiar at the same time; thus resulting in the sensation of the uncomfortably strange. The eeriness and naiveté in the hope of the home is the underlying narrative within the imagery.
Home, 2008, C-Print
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