Hi everyone…
Obviously still a complete 2 year old at heart (and proud of it too), the other day I went on a rather exciting trip to…THE MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD. Genuinely thrilled by the board games, toy trains&trucks, the impressive variety of chairs and of course the barbies, the most exhilirating part of ‘Margarita’s Day Out’ was in fact when I stumbled across the collection of photos entitled ‘Wendy’s World’ by Etienne Clement. I feel I must share them with you and was in fact planning on doing something similar before I saw them but I’m sure there’s some kind of copyright law that now prevents me from doing so!
Anyway…Clement uses a conglomeration of toys placed in specific positions in the foreground and for the background he has recycled a photo that he has previously taken, which are usually really eye-catching landscapes with a sort of building in front. In each photo, there is also a blurred Wendy who watches on and almost represents ‘us’ (the viewer) looking on at the event. Clement’s aim is to capture a child’s play in two sort of ways:
- their love of building (shown in the varying landscapes & buildings)
- their love of story telling (in each photo it is evident that Clement is trying to represent a biblical, historical or political event)
At the moment I can’t stop staring at them because they are just really cleverly put together and I love how Clement has managed to make each event current with the use of the toys. Feel free to send me your thoughts on them! xxx
