Publisher/Jovis

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"Home Stills" by German photographer Bastienne Schmidt. Schmidt is an artist who has consistently explored themes of space, memory, and personal identity, working across photography and installation. In this work, he plays the role of a "housewife," constructing fictional interior spaces in homes and motels on Long Island. The scenes, reminiscent of daytime television dramas, feel subtly detached from reality, quietly highlighting the loneliness and fragmentation lurking within the private sphere of the home. Building upon the lineage of self-image that connects to Cindy Sherman, the images incorporate the tranquility and cinematic structure of Edward Hopper, suggesting the tenuousness of relationships in suburban spaces and the ambiguity of existence within them. This book can also be read as an attempt to re-examine the image of the home from within its own interior space.