Fears and Hopes


  • Photographer
    Edward Levinson
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Edo Photos
  • Date of Photograph
    2002-2003
  • Technical Info
    b+w film, diroama with pinhole

Diorama images taken with a pinhole camera. 4 of 5 background images also taken by me with pinhole camera (one background is an old 19th century photo reproduction) Backgrounds taken in Krakow Poland and Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Dioramas taken in my natural light studio in Japan. (see Deeper Perspective comment)

Story

Fears and Hopes

I know the world is far from perfect. As an artist and photographer I have mostly thought, until recently, that I should concentrate on the positive rather than the negative, especially in my lifework Healing Landscapes series. However, when I started my previous “Cityscapes” series, I found that documentary statements about society began to appear in my photos whether I was looking for them or not.

Later looking at photographs I had taken at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, I found myself wondering how I could ever us these photos. I could feel the stories that occurred there but found it hard to visualize them. I found that creating dioramas with the photos and various dolls and objects somehow brought some meaning to the scenes for me. Wars and holocausts bring with them fears and heartbreak. Religious icons, regardless of denomination represent hope. As a saving grace, nature provides a universal place of solace, freedom, and gratitude.

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