Interior Exposure

by Harper, Jessica Todd

• ISBN13: 9788862080163
• ISBN10: 8862080166
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Damiani Editore

Summary

Pennsylvania-based photographer Jessica Todd Harper says of her technically well-considered, quotidian portraits and interiors, "I show people in familiar settings, in their homes the way the Renaissance artists Durer, Van Eyck and Anguissola examined simple people, their identities and existences in their private activities rather than in the happenings or objects around them." A woman lounges on a couch, everything in focus except for her hand, poised above blurred magazine pages; a book lies face down on a bed; a baby stares intently into the camera, a dapple of sunlight playing across her face--such seemingly spontaneous scenes reveal themselves to be quite directed. The lighting in particular, sometimes hearkening back to a Velazquez-esque chiaroscuro, is painterly, almost otherworldly. These images call to mind a quieter, more composed Tina Barney. Harper teaches photography at Swarthmore College. This is her first monograph.