Georgia Metaxas - The Mourners

Georgia Metaxas – The Mourners

”The Mourners is a series of portraits documenting the ritual of wearing black as a significance of perpetual mourning. In remembrance of those they have lost, all that sit for a portrait in the series wear black every day for the rest of their lives. The controlled environment of a traveling studio replaces existing backdrops of nursing home corridors, living rooms and church halls. Stripped back to the point where only the faintest trace of the sitter’s surroundings remain, the portrait brings the viewer to the periphery of an ultimately private space. Deflecting the unflinching eye of the camera with an averted gaze, the women are absorbed by the void that is black, living mementos – vessels for mourning, fixed by a photograph, which in turn alludes to a double death.” – Catalogue essay by Helen Ennis

Untitled #11 from the series The Mourners, 2011 Untitled #20 from the series The Mourners, 2011 Untitled #28 from the series The Mourners, 2011 Untitled #16 from the series The Mourners, 2011 Untitled #27 from the series The Mourners, 2011 Untitled #25 from the series The Mourners, 2011 Untitled #6 from the series The Mourners, 2011 Untitled #12 from the series The Mourners, 2011

More images and other interesting projects on www.georgiametaxas.com. Georgia Metaxas is an Australian photographer, currently in London. Her work sits within a documentary framework, aspects acknowledging her interest in documentary photography and the tension found between ‘artistic’ intent and documentary purpose.