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The photograph above, Mother And Daughter, and the short article below were published in a catalog by the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in 2005. This article was taken from page 28: |
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Blake Ogden's series, In My Grandmother's House, is a photographic essay on his grandmother, her home in Maine,
and its contents. The photographs are filled with sentimental and nostalgic objects—figurines, dolls,
letters and postcards, sheet music, family photos, articles of clothing, charm bracelets—all
carefully displayed, and all obviously well-loved. Ogden's photographs are as carefully constructed as his grandmother's
surroundings. His images are quiet, still, and reverential. Precious objects are made more so by crisp compositions and
judicious cropping. And the interiors are suffused with natural and artificial light that plays upon smooth delicate surfaces while
creating a wealth of shadows, reflections, and translucencies. Here, everything is just so,as the artist seeks to fight time by capturing beauty before it disappears. |
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—Nick Capasso Curator at the DeCordova Museum |