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Work Type:	photography
Date of work:	1993
Materials:	medium: colour photograph
Measurements:	height: 39.5 cm width: 50 cm
Style Period:	contemporary art
Subject:	group portrait, family, domestic interior, bed
Technique:	photography

Description:	'In each of Ruth Farrington’s photographs her parents stiffly posed and stare straight into the camera's lens. It's as if a Martian was instructed to document the lives of these two people, but couldn't distinguish between the banal and bizarre. This self-conscious unfamiliarity, reminiscent of early photography, comments on photography's tradition and its pretence to portray reality.' [MORE] [LESS] 'In each of Ruth Farrington’s photographs her parents stiffly posed and stare straight into the camera's lens. It's as if a Martian was instructed to document the lives of these two people, but couldn't distinguish between the banal and bizarre. This self-conscious unfamiliarity, reminiscent of early photography, comments on photography's tradition and its pretence to portray reality.'

Source:	Swenson, I., “BT New Contemporaries”, exhibition guide, 1994

Date of source:	1994