synopsis
In spring 2000 British photographer Clare Richardson visited Harlemville, a town in New York state where a large community of people live according to the ethos of the Austrian philosopher and scientist Rudolph Steiner. According to Steiner’s doctrine, the imaginative life of children should be encouraged through free expression, creativity and play. Richardson documented the everyday activities of Harlemville’s children, capturing a sense of a Utopian but fragile innocence.
Photographing the community over the course of a year, Richardson gradually gained the trust of its members. She has described her way of working on this project as follows: ‘I’d find that I’d spend three days with the Harlemville community and, though I might not have taken a picture during that time, when I did, the relationships I was forming were evident and came through in the pictures.’
Photographing the community over the course of a year, Richardson gradually gained the trust of its members. She has described her way of working on this project as follows: ‘I’d find that I’d spend three days with the Harlemville community and, though I might not have taken a picture during that time, when I did, the relationships I was forming were evident and came through in the pictures.’
technical information
publisher : Steidl Verlag
2003
80 pages
language : english
dimensions : 28 x 23 cm
2003
80 pages
language : english
dimensions : 28 x 23 cm
about Clare Richardson
Clare Richardson is a british photographer born 1973.
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publisher : Steidl Verlag
2003 (1st edition)
2003 (1st edition)