Jacksonville MOCA
Carly, So Far, photos by Francie Bishop Good
April 25, 2008-August 31, 2008
Carly, So Far, photos by Francie Bishop Good
April 25, 2008-August 31, 2008
Carly NY, Kapoor and Man, 2006
Photograph/archival pigment print, ed. 1 of 5 (mounted on Sintra board).
Photograph/archival pigment print, ed. 1 of 5 (mounted on Sintra board).
I was drawn to this exhibition as my own recent work has been exploring ways in which society affects us as we grow. Francie Bishop Good has been photographically documenting the growth of her niece, Carly, since she was seven years of age. And by growth I am referring to the transition into adolescence and then adulthood as well as physical and mental growth. Good has captured all of these factions of growth successfully in her work. What is more is the voyeuristic quality of the the images. I believe humans have a secret yearning to view and be viewed without the knowledge of the other party. Good pulls us in with this secret desire and holds us there with the relationship between Carly and the "other" in the photograph, whether it be society, sexuality, or an other that is simply foreign in every aspect to an adolescent girl.
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