Glendalis, The Life and World of a Youngest Daughter
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Published by L’Artiere Edizione, Bologna.
Read about it in The New Yorker.
“Regarding what my subjects think of my pictures of them. It isn’t for me to say what someone else thinks - I only want people to enjoy the work, to get lost in what it means for them.” -Angela Cappetta
“"The photograph is not what was photographed, it's something else.” -Garry Winogrand
““In addition to being a direct snapshot of the Lower East Side in the early 2000s, the power of this work lies in the encounter between the vitality that Angela gathers from the street, and the intimacy that her darkroom gives her, through the daily life of the subjects, into her past. And the key to everything, perhaps, lies at the end of the book, in Angela's dedication: “For my family who taught me to remember everything.”” -Giulia Grimaldi Marie Claire Italia
This work traces the life of a youngest daughter in a family on the Lower East Side. In the pre-gentrified 90’s. Shot exclusively in the fields, buildings and apartments of that neighborhood, the family occupied a multigenerational tenement. This family system echoes my own. I grew up the same way. Multiple generations lived on the same block, neighborhood or house, with everyone all on top of each other. I was a city kid — independent from a young age just like the daughters in these pictures. Shooting this work felt real and authentic, a call back to who I was as a city kid in New Haven, one of the most economically stratified cities in America. Blind Mag referred to me as an “enfant sauvage”-wild child in English. However, even though I constructed a beatific family narrative in my pictures, the 90’s were not beatific at all. Crime, incarceration, gangs and death surrounded these neighborhoods, informed by my own upbringing.
Real Film
All C41 film is processed by the artist in small batches. Darkroom prints available for acquisition.
Medium Format
The 6x9 manual camera lets me see around the 4 bright lines of the frame. The parallax adjustment always leaves a surprise on contact sheets. Because of this, rangefinders are great cameras for flash work. I cam make refulgent frames using the color film as an important composition tool.
From the Publisher
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