– She asks you to hold the watch. She photographs your hands, not the watch. You realize: the watch is old, your hands are older. But the new is the relationship between them – the way your thumb naturally rests on the crown, as if ready to wind it, even though you never do.
The file name stares back from the folder: maturenl_24_03_29_irenka_photographing_my_old_s_new maturenl 24 03 29 irenka photographing my old s new
An essay on seeing familiar things for the first time – She asks you to hold the watch
When Irenka photographs a cracked vase, she does not hide the crack. She lights it so the crack becomes a river on a map. The vase is old; the river is new. as if ready to wind it