Ever since 2006 I've been photographing the layers of history in torn wallpaper. In a way I feel like I am preserving the history of these houses which have been sold to people who are renovating them for summer homes. Even though my Remnants series formed a solo show last May, it seems my love affair has not ended with the creation of this body of work. This summer I was introduced to the King house in Dunfield, Trinity Bay. Here are some of what I like to think of as "natural compositions":
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These are beautiful.. I also love old wall paper.. When I see a old house and they are tearing it down. I stop and ask can I have a piece of the wall paper..I always get strange looks but they always share.
What a great project. Love the wallpaper pictures.
You could do a fab coffee table book with your photos if you have info on the houses they were taken from!
I can totally identify. I get all emotional when it comes to old homes. If they have been abandoned and have wallpaper peeling from the walls my heart skips a beat. I think upon what all went on in the rooms and how many eyes gazed upon the paper, how many hands touched it. (sigh)
I just love old wallpaper and old houses, I think of all the stories they have absorbed. Your photo compositions are lovely!
Oh these are so beautiful!
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