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Casebound | 298 pages
ISBN: 978-10-9658655-1-7
Summary
In this strange and poignant collection, photographer and internationally renowned lighting designer Randall Whitehead takes us on a journey into a world populated by a bewildering variety of small abandoned souls - dolls found during weekend rambles in flea markets, yard sales, bazaars, and shops in the United States, Europe, and South America. Each of the images tells a unique story that plays on our unconscious associations in often unsettling ways. In the dolls’ faces and the random juxtapositions of their environment we read the full gamut of human emotions and behavior: yearning, broken dreams, terror, joy, friendship, cruelty, oppression, stereotyping, affection, adoration, triumph, hunger, vanity, and curiosity. Following the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson, this is true found art - every shot was taken as Randall found it, without repositioning or staging. This makes the context of the shot as interesting as the subject, and makes us wonder: “who could do that to a doll?,” “Did they really used to make these?,” “What on earth is this doll trying to say?” In the book Randall offers a few of his own internal dialogs inspired by these images, and he invites you to share your childhood memories, impressions, or doll stories at www.rwfoundimages.com.
About the Author
Randall Whitehead is best known as the leading personality in the U.S. today in the field of residential lighting. He has drawn upon his experience from over a quarter century of consulting practice to develop a unique and comprehensive body of knowledge about lighting and how it affects us everywhere we live and work. Randall has appeared many times as a guest expert on The Discovery Channel, HGTV, and CNNfn. He has developed an extensive series of seminars on lighting design and has produced them throughout the United States, Canada and South America. He is the author of eight highly acclaimed books on lighting design, the most recent of which is Residential Lighting, a Practical Guide (John Wiley and Sons, Newark, New Jersey, December, 2003). Randall is also a prolific and intrepid photographer, documenting his world travels with an eye that shows his eternal curiosity and fascination for the unexplored corners of our lives and our perceptions. Abandoned places, forgotten toys, existentially empty landscapes - all these can hold surprising moments of ethereal beauty, terror, and poignancy.
