Emily Schiffer

Photographer

www.emilyschiffer.com

Haul: Gift to My Daughter

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Location: Brooklyn, NY

Nationality: USA

Biography: Whether merging photography and sculpture, working on decade-long photo documentaries, doing commercial photography, or collaborating on community-based projects, I actively engage the issues and ideas at stake in our visual culture. I enjoy... MORE

Haul: Gift to My Daughter&...   Slusser Gallery, MI

Haul: Gift to My Daughter (detail) Slusser Gallery, MI

Haul: Gift to My Daughter Candela Gallery, Richmond VA

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Haul: Gift to My Daughter

Copyright Emily Schiffer 2024

Date of Work Mar 2016 - Mar 2019

Updated Mar 2019

Topics Family Album

This sculptural work considers photography's role in the creation of family narratives. Hanging from the ceiling in a giant net are the contents of family photo albums, owned by the parents of the artist and her husband before they were born. Thousands of hand-framed images bury each other, emphasizing the impossibility of understanding one's history, and posing questions about photography's role in what is remembered and forgotten.

Emily Schiffer

Jun 3, 2015

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