The Fifties are now romanticized as a simpler, more prosperous time of happy housewives and backyard barbecues, a time to which many are now clamoring to return. But beneath the stoic façades, discontent grew and conflicts fermented, until finally erupting in the chaos of the following decade. Once the silent keepers of secrets, this doll family now reveals the turmoil that was always under the surface.
These images are photographed through sheets of ice. Just as glass is created by intense heat, ice is formed by intense cold. Both are fragile, reflective, and transparent. And both can create life-framing windows and mirrors, lenses that fill photographic frames with narrative possibilities.
