Only The Sunny Hours
Contemporary Photography with a Brownie 127

Curated by Cally Trench

Sophie Loss

Only The Sunny Hours


Brownie 127 photography by Sophie Loss

Brownie 127 photography by Sophie Loss
Brownie 127 photography by Sophie Loss
Brownie 127 photography by Sophie Loss
Brownie 127 photography by Sophie Loss
Brownie 127 photography by Sophie Loss

Selfies

I love the idea of my face popping up on your phone in your kitchen, work or gym. I enter your life with my face edited to smoothness and glow with my new app. I am beautiful, ready to be admired. I don't just edit the selfie - I edit my face. The end photo is me as I was meant to be, before nature got in the way. Cally suggested I take my selfies for a week with the Kodak Brownie 127. How I tried ... no editing, waiting a week for the photos, and then the result - this was not me! I had to get away from this me. With the 127 in my bag I boarded the steam train no 60163 Tornado. The passengers in my compartment examined my Brownie with respectful curiosity while talking of long gone summers, grandfathers and shorts. They pointed the camera at their faces, pressed and did not mind waiting a week ... People are so strange. Here are their faces.

Sophie Loss studied at Chelsea College of Art and Central Saint Martins. She is interested in the interrelationship of two independent or opposing elements. Death and Life ... her latest book was selected by a-n as one of the best ten artists' books made in 2015. Sophie Loss is currently working on a project with students on the MA Book Art at Camberwell College of Art.

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