American Bedroom (Blog Review 12)

Photographer Barbara Peacock journeys through the US taking portraits of people in their bedrooms. Peacock uses photography to transform the ordinary and everyday and reflect on it. Photography is used to slow down modern life and evaluate. Peacock enters the private space and creates an intimate relationship with those she photographs—from friends to strangers met through social media or the streets. By doing this, she reflects on a breadth and of people, living conditions, and ways of life that make up the contemporary American experience. This breadth is linked by the commonalities which emerge in the experiences of age, relationships, family, loneliness and faith. 

I was interested in this project, because my work is a completely different take on the American Bedroom. My work does not include people, nor friends or strangers. My work is an exploration of home itself and the specific residue left on the space. It is less about the type of space itself and more about the things left in the space. Where Peacocks work explores human relationships in intimate ordinary space, my work explores the relationship between myself and the things I surround myself with.

Link to the article: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/barbara-peacock-american-bedroom.