Anonymous Women

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For over twenty years, Patty Carroll has staged photographs using models, drapery, and household objects to add to the dialogue surrounding femininity and the domestic sphere. Anonymous Women presents images that symbolize the psychological states of women around the world by showing them hidden behind, and intertwined with, visually stunning domestic scenes. These not-so-still-lives are colorful, beautiful, mysterious, and humorous, articulating the many complex relationshipsboth personal and culturalexisting between women and the home.

Patty Carroll is a photographer and educator who has previously published four books. This body of work has been featured in over thirty online blogs, magazines, and news sources. Carroll was a Photolucida Top 50 in 2014, and has received numerous awards for this project.

Reviews

"Carrolls elaborate mise-en-scnes explore the mysteries and complexities of femininity and domestic life.",
- American Photo Magazine, February 10, 2017
"Despite the seriousness of the subject, the photos are attractive and whimsical, and take a lighthearted approach to the macabre.",
- The New York Times Lens Blog, March 30, 2017
"...startling images in which a woman is replaced by the material world...",
- Photo District News, January 18, 2017

Author Bio

Patty Carroll is a photographer and educator who has 4 previous books published of her projects. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including China, Italy and the UK in both solo and group exhibitions. This work, which began over 20 years ago is the most personal for her, and important for women. It has been featured in over 30 online blogs, magazines and news sources, including Lens Scratch, LensWork, the Huffington Post, NY Magazine/ The Cut, Fast Company Co-Design, Its Nice That, and The British Journal of Photography among others. She was a Photolucida Top 50 in 2014, and has received numerous awards for this project.