Adore Noir - December 2017

ISSUE 41 - DECEMBER - 2017

How does a photographer reconcile their choices? How do they choose?
Our cover photographer, Sophia S, unfolds more of the mystery that is The Homemaker. Her series asks us to question the endless ways a woman can hide behind the things that are historically considered woman’s work. The plates, beautiful dresses and self-portraits of Sofia create images that are stunning. They seem to say that women can hide behind the beauty of these things and be happy, maybe for a little while.

Charles Osawa’s series, Unchahar Light, are images of streetlights and power lines brightly lit against the night sky. Foliage glows, a halo surrounds the vortex of light as each human-made construct begs to be seen as the real thing; a star. I am the light, just like the sun, I open up the dark spaces.

From Lauren Welles’ series, I Love NY, a young girl with stars for glasses stands on the subway, looking off into the distance as her mother holds her arm, only as a mother will to make sure she is safe from harm, even though the stars in her eyes say, “Mom I’m already holding on, don’t worry I’ve got the stars to lead me.” I Love NY is a compilation of New York street art where each picture tells its own story. Your story may be different from mine. That is the beauty of New York.