"Sofa Portraits is a series of images showing my daughter, Isabel, as she watches television. portraits portray the flawed physicality of childhood and its mental and physical freedoms - but also the constraints that are applied by the adult world - the furnishings Isabel is so often pushing against, the dress determined by the educational system she is now part of, or even the attitudes to her physical self-expression as she watches television."
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Wolfram Hahn
A Disenchanted Playroom
(2006)
The children depicted in this series are between three and twelve. The children depicted in this series are between three and twelve. Their regards are sad? Their regards are sad? With facial expressions rather to be associated with adults, unusual for children this age. With facial expressions rather to be associated with adults, unusual for children this age. They regard a spot below the camera; focusing on something in that space not revealed to the viewer. They regard a spot below the camera; Focusing on something in that space not revealed to the viewer. As such they seem lifeless like dolls, or bodies bereft of their spirits. As such they seem lifeless like dolls, or bodies bereft of their spirits.
“… for the mass media it is unpossible to keep any secrets, but childhood cannot exist without secrets.” (Neil Postman, “The Disspearance of Childhood”, 1980) "... for the mass media it is unpossible to keep any secrets, but childhood cannot exist without secrets." (Neil Postman, "The Disspearance of Childhood, 1980)
These kids were photographed watching TV. These kids were photographed watching TV. To show how sensitive children react to this mass medium and on what level their emothoins are exposed to the surface of broadcast transmissions: the subtle charm of real life is lost when under the influence. To show how sensitive children react to this mass medium and on what level their emothoins are exposed to the surface of broadcast transmissions: the subtle charm of real life is lost when under the influence.
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