Call for pictures of loved ones

I need your help:

What are we trying to capture when we take a picture of a loved one? A special moment? A feeling? A special smile? Intimacy? Is there a common trend to all?

As part of my R&D of Capture, I’m trying to explore this way of capturing human images/capturing humans. At the moment, I wouldn’t do much more than to look at them and try to answer artistically the above questions. But to do so, if I want to draw any sort of conclusion, I need a lot of them! This is why I need your help:

Send a picture that you have taken of someone you love, or that someone has taken of you to estelle@what-box.org

If you prefer, you can send prints or photocopies to:

Estelle Rosenfeld
Meltdowns - Studio 6

St Lawrence Industrial Estate

Manston Rd

Ramsgate CT11 0QZ

For now, I am interested in individual pictures, not group or family picture. If I choose to include them in any way within my work, I would of course first, ask for your consent, so don’t forget to add your name and a way in which I can contact you.

For more information about Capture, visit http://rd-capture.blogspot.com/

Many, many, many tanks.

Estelle

First Scratch, 5 February

Last Saturday, as part of Scratch Interact, the very beginning of 'Capture' was tried out with an audience. This is 'the waiting room', and could become the beginning of a promenade performance.

Polaroids

I like the idea of Capture and Polaroid, the instant capturing of the person, of the moment in a pre-digital time. Having to provide images for showcases to come made have another look at them. I'm looking for something to represent and/or advertise 'Capture', so feel free to comment...