Inspired by motherhood, the occult, and photography itself, the images in Denny’s new photo series, “Spellwork,” pair flowers with artifacts from daily life to otherworldly effect.
“There’s a constant tension between the two,” says photographer Frances F. Denny of being both an artist and a mother. “I think the only way to let the tension release a little bit is to try and make work about it.” Inspired by motherhood, the occult, and photography itself, the images in Denny’s new photo series, Spellwork, pair flowers with artifacts from daily life to otherworldly effect.
“The night before the first of the shoots, I had this craving to include things that would refract light in interesting ways,” says Denny, explaining how she ended up ransacking her five-year-old daughter Virginia’s playroom for “sparkly stuff.” The resulting compositions play off each other chromatically and spatially: a Slinky mimics the curving neck of a stalk of wild garlic, while a fringed purple tulip’s peeling petals evoke the undone wrapper of a grape lollipop.
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