The Old World


  • Photographer
    Emily Sheffer
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2015
  • Technical Info
    Archival Inkjet Print

I make photographs in an attempt to understand the disorienting duality of the self – the random bubbling up of the mysterious unconscious into the strict reality of the conscious. Unyielding, the conscious constantly remains in the forefront of the waking mind, while, in subterfuge, the unconscious rules behind a thick curtain of mystery. The subject appear calm on the surface - an idealized and romanticized view of the self. But, deeper inspection reveals a tension below the surface – a tension that is rooted in constantly lurking anxieties.

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