JAKE COURTOIS
I miss the old you
“In which estimate lies the greater reality - the uncharitable one permitted us before the funeral, forged, without any claptrap, in the skirmish of daily life, or the one that suffuses us with sadness at the family gathering afterward - even an outsider can’t judge.” (Philip Roth - from American Pastoral)
“Nostalgia is not what it used to be.” (Simone Signoret)
Note: these images are scanned documents of mixed media objects created without the interference of image editing software. The objects themselves, like everything else, were temporary, and these images are a kind of fictive, incomplete reminder of how they looked and felt, and what they may or may not have meant at the time.
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jake@koortwah.com
I miss the old you (45), 2011
Archival C-Print
40 x 32 inches
Edition of 3 (+AP)
