Maturenl: 24 03 29 Irenka Photographing My Old S New

When Irenka photographs a cracked vase, she does not hide the crack. She lights it so the crack becomes a river on a map. The vase is old; the river is new.

An essay on seeing familiar things for the first time maturenl 24 03 29 irenka photographing my old s new

If “my old’s new” – then Irenka is photographing the newness that the old object possesses . A childhood teddy bear missing an eye: the new is the way its remaining eye reflects the window. The bear has not changed; our attention has. When Irenka photographs a cracked vase, she does

Go. Find something old. Photograph it as if it has just arrived from a distant star. When Irenka photographs a cracked vase