Family Resemblance: Finding Yourself in Others

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It's a basic human desire to seek recognition by others, and physical resemblance is often that first form of recognition we experience. You can see a new parent flush with pleasure when that physical resemblance is commented upon: "He looks just like you," or "She has her mother's eyes." Having to wait until he was 45 years old, Eric Mueller began Family Resemblances to document and celebrate family members with shared physical characteristics and as a way to understanding this experience. An experience nearly impossible to describe. The feeling of seeing someone who looked looks like you: a mixture of relief, wonder, and joy, but also sadness for all the lost years of shared memories with biological family members.

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"A unique and fascinating typological study that explores the special bond certain family members share" -Art Daily

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Eric Mueller is a Minneapolis-based artist, photographer, and teacher. His photographs have been exhibited in dozens of group shows, including at the Plains Art Museum, the Devos Art Museum, the Midwest Center for Photography, Head On Photo Festival, the Southeast Center for Photography, and the Columbus Museum of Art. He has been recognized with awards by American Photographer, The Photo Review, La Grande Photo, the Minnesota State Fair, Instagram, the iPhone Photography Awards, and the Mobile Photography Awards. His freelance clients include Architecture Minnesota, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the University of Minnesota, Explore Minnesota, Blu Dot, the Yarnery, Budweiser, Minnesota Historical Society, and WCCO TV. Although he enjoys creating many different types of images, Muellers passion lies in photographing architecture and people. Ann Fessler is a non-fiction filmmaker, multi-media artist, educator, and author of the award-winning book The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade (The Penguin Press, 2006).