Striped Books

"In my series titled ‘Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise,’ I create tableaus for the camera featuring a female figure camouflaged in an abundance of domestic possessions. I have always been interested in a line between reality and fiction, which is a difficult space for photography. As such, although I previously photographed places that looked like they might be sets in dark movies, this work is the fictional narrative of a single woman in her imaginary home, confined yet overwhelmed by the world both inside and outside. She is both a victim of her obsessions, activities, and circumstances, as well as the invisible creator of such; both satisfying and problematic, pathetic and humorous. The lone female figure represents people who feel isolated, exhausted, frustrated, and generally at wit’s end during these difficult times. Using the home as the locus of her shattered world remains the best vehicle for me to describe these psychological situations."

— Patty Carroll