About the Book
Over the summer of 2015 I photographed obsessively throughout Florence and, more specifically, the Boboli Gardens, using my YashiKa mat 124g. At the time I was not focused on what the work was about. I was simply exploring my love, the city of Florence and the great garden within her, in my favorite way--with my camera. But upon leaving Florence and carefully printing these images, I began to see that the work I had made was much more than an homage to my great love. I was once told that every photograph is a self portrait. "Her body is" is then my most honest self portrait- a view of how Florence has held me, and how I hold her.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: Large Square, 12×12 in, 30×30 cm
# of Pages: 170 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9781367648586
- Publish Date: May 04, 2016
- Language English
- Keywords Florence, Photography, Black and white, Italy, Firenze, Italia, Landscape, photography, analogue, dreaming, Boboli Gardens, Garden
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About the Creator
Emily Jay is an artist, educator, and curator who lives and works in Northwest Ohio (albeit with frequent jaunts to Italy). She has exhibited internationally, and currently teaches Photography, Art History, and Visual Literacy at Ohio Northern University. She helps run The Neon Heater Art Gallery in Findlay, Ohio.