LINN EDWARDS

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For more details about Linn Edwards' work contact Eli VandenBerg, Gallery Store Manager - 215 735-6090 x1 or email evandenberg@printcenter.org

Linn Edwards Andrea, 2004 Archival Inkjet Image: 17" x 23" Paper: 18" x 24"	Linn Edwards Kristin, 2004 Archival Inkjet Image: 17" x 23" Paper: 18" x 24"

Linn Edwards Leah, 2007 Archival Inkjet Image: 17" x 23" Paper: 18" x 24"	Linn Edwards Melissa's Kitchen, 2004 Archival Inkjet Image: 17" x 23" Paper: 18" x 24"

Linn Edwards:
"I had just entered my thirties, started my graduate degree program in New York, and was living with two roommates, occupying a bedroom in which I could spread my arms and touch both walls. I seemed to have suddenly become adult by age but found myself single, broke, and unfettered I had ever been. The freedom was as exciting as the instability was overwhelming. And when I looked around, I found many women in a similar situation: in their thirties, with no prospect of settling down. The resulting emotions and observations prompted me to explore this subject with a camera, to find validation for my own lifes choices by photographing like-minded women.

Using color negative film and natural light lends a psychological aspect to the images that are made specifically in these womens New York and Brooklyn apartments. I want to show how they live: furniture is worn, dishes mismatched, household items are bought at Ikea or handed down. The homes are temporary, utilitarian, and reflect the feeling of unsettledness in these peoples lives.

I am interested in inspiring conversation around this topic, and bringing together women who are pioneering a new role for themselves. This is a new generation that has not defined a role for themselves yet. Between the moments of soaring freedom and stifling loneliness is an area of great individual productivity and searching, a time of life that could not be explored during parenthood or partnership. Through these photographs, I hope to capture this moment of many New York womens life that is in between young adulthood and middle age, before settling down and after the flurry of self-discovery that occurs in the twenties."