Domesticated: Photographs by Amy Stein

by Amy Stein (Photographer)

What at first appears to be a series of photojournalistic decisive moments is revealed, at a second look, to be a powerfully imagined vision that establishes its strength through its very artificiality. (Stein's images) are used as a means to manifest and examine the human condition and the state of the planet, while never abandoning the essential groundedness of her informants, and the realities of their specific tales. Amy Stein crafts photographic allegories set simultaneously in a number of different liminal spaces. Her sure and realistic color works manifest the place where the human-built meets the wild, but in addition they show us where the factual descriptive image meets fiction.

64 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Kara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I saw her photos at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. I still can't decide if discovered some of the animals were fake leaves me feeling more or less disturbed.