Jody Sevon's exhibit was very interesting and moving. In her lecture she showed a collection of her work that she made during the time of her father's death. These images were sad. She used just legs and feet to represent herself and a crow to represent her father. This brought her to do her collection "saved." She took photos of peoples' objects they had saved from deceased loved ones. They were all different but worked together. Lorene Delany-Ullman wrote poems to go with them. Hearing her read the poems while viewing the photos with pure white backgrounds gave me a strange and sad feeling. They all individually tell a story. She displayed the pictures in large frames. Without hearing the poems you wouldn't get the effect she is trying to cause.
This is Mammie's Teacup. The colors of the teacup are striking. They are very bright. The photography and camera work if fantastic. It seems as if you could reach out and grab te teacup right out of the frame. The background is pure, crisp white giving the cup you're full attention.
At the lecture the poem that accompanied Mammie's teacup explains it very well. It tells it is the only part of the full tea set left. While viewing the picture I noticed how alone it really was visually. This put more emphasis on the fact that the owner of it is gone and it is left behind, alone without the rest of its set. This reminds me of my mom and dad's expensive tea set. They have had it my entire life and gone from a full set to just a few stragglers. I hope there will be some of it left when they are gone that I can hold onto and remember this very moment.
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