• Lydia Panas The Mark of Abel
  • Lydia Panas The Mark of Abel
  • Lydia Panas The Mark of Abel
  • Lydia Panas The Mark of Abel
  • Lydia Panas The Mark of Abel
  • Lydia Panas The Mark of Abel

Lydia Panas The Mark of Abel

For three years in hot weather and cold, Lydia Panas invited families to stand before her lens. She was curious to see what would happen. These groups stood graciously before her as the series unfolded. Nothing was deliberate or planned. The images do not represent individuals so much as they explore the questions of how we see ourselves and what we feel. In these pictures of family relationships, it is the details that matter most. Although they portray engaging people, verdant landscapes and beautiful light, it is the small things in the images that provide us with clues to understand the subtle nature of the work. After twenty years of working exclusively in black and white photography, mostly with her own children, Lydia began inviting other people with whom she was less intimate, to her farm in Pennsylvania, to see what difference this might bring to her work. Some of the models are family, some are friends, some are people she knew less intimately. She asked them to bring along their own family members or close friends, people with whom they shared a history. It was fascinating to see how they took certain positions in relation to one another, to the photographer and to the camera. Panas found that with the camera, she was free to watch and capture a sense of the connections between people, those unclear feelings that exist between us. Those moments we feel, yet are so difficult to describe in our connections with others.

Hardcover 30 x 24 cm 96 pages 52 color illustrations English, German Available ISBN 978-3-86828-229-0 2011

Artist:

Lydia Panas

Texts:

Maile Meloy, George Slade

Awards

Selected title PDN Photo Annual 2012

Exhibitions

2011 Pennsylvania Photography Biennial,
Silver Eye Center for Photography
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
24.05. – 27.08.2011

Center For Photography at Woodstock
11.06. – 28.08.2011

The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
19.06. – 11.09.2011

Allentown Art Museum
11.02. – 15.04.2012

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