Erin Dougherty

Selfie, Florence - 21st Century, Polaroid, Landscape

2022

Selfie, Florence Italy. 2022 I love old photo booths. The real photo booths. Photo booths that take real photos that have to be developed. You have to wait a little longer for them to finish drying. They look like nothing else. A little darker with more contrast. They seem to be from a time long ago. In a world where everyone has a high-resolution camera on their mobile device. It’s nice to see the lines of young people waiting to have their pictures taken. 20x20cm, Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid. Signed on back with Certificate. Not mounted. Erin Dougherty...

Summer 2023 - 60x50cm, Edition of 7, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Fiber Rag 340gr, based on an original peel apart Polaroid Negative Film (not moun...

'Illuminations started in 2002 when a relationship was slowly falling apart. While trying to save it, we rented a large stylish apartment in Stockholm, and then later one in Arles, France, hoping that a change of scene would have a posi-tive effect. The new spaces made the distance between us more acute, and the inevitable break even more obvious. The ritual of making one photograph each night became crucial to me. I left the camera shutter open for 3 to 8 hours in a darkened bedroom, and as the morning light arrived I interrupted the exposure. It is a private journal, documenting time and memory, where present meets past.' Born in Vienna to Swedish and Greek parents and raised in Stockholm, Florence Montmare has an MBA in Design Management from Linnaeus University, Sweden and studied at the School of Visual Arts. A graduate of International Center of Photography, New York, she collaborated with artist Sam Samore...

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