Elsa Gregersdotter
I look at this tree and think of myself
“I look at the dolphins in my grandparent’s shelf and I think, that this is the closest I can get”
This series is an exploration of what happens when I turn my eyes to my family members.
In the photographic moment, they become others. They stop being my family members and instead become characters in the costumes and positions I give them.
The work is a story without narrative about the closest people in my life. In a mix of everything. Truth, memories, lies, play and the absurdity in existing. With the help of my own photographs and the family archive, I want to explore what roles we play in front of each other and how we want to be seen.
Elsa Gregersdotter is a Swedish artist, newly graduated with a BFA from Valand Academy, Gothenburg University. Working with staged photography, in combination with documentary, she strives to provoke humorous reactions, but also raising questions. Her work revolves around herself, how she looks at her own self and other’s self. She wants to say something to the viewer, something that is recognizable. Something about being a human being.