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Claire Yaffa

 Claire Yaffa is a freelancer known for works she documented for a diversity of medical organizations. Her photography rooted in social realism that strives to portray the image of ordinary individuals with difficulties in life especially for the children and homelessness. Her photography is mainly monochromatic with a sense of observation. In the book Light and Shadow, she chose to focus on the abstraction brought by the human body and frond. These monochrome photos were made with dramatic sunlight, they presented in a sensual emotion. Yaffa recorded curvature of torsos with extreme close-ups, and it made viewers taking more time to figure out the object and the broader picture outside the frame. They combined with images of veins, I somehow cannot recognize which one is the human body. By using a poetic visual content, she illustrated the introspection when she took photos in which to explore the mystery of light and shadow. All the shapes and figures are similar and give a fantasized imagination, the lines of the body are the analogy of veins of leaves, and they are quiet and soft under the light. As described in the introduction, Yaffa’s work is to investigate the meaning of existence: why things need to be photographed. She focuses on moments that capture her eyes, and these figures of soft lines vividly convey how she views reality. She found beauty in ordinary things as well as individuals in society. 









                     

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