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Portraits of People Shelved with Their Possessions

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Inspired by his father’s obsession with adding new shelves to walls, photographer and furniture design student Darragh Casey decided to shoot some family portraits that featured family members themselves shelved alongside some of their prized possessions. His project spans three generations of his family and is titled “Shelving the Body”.

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Here’s a time-lapse video that shows the 10 hour shoot in 10 minutes:

(via Laughing Squid)


Image credits: Photographs by Moira O’ Brien and used with permission


 
 
  • Peter Croft

    Ha, as an old electronics tech, instant nostalgia. That’s an AVO model 8 (maybe later) multimeter in the first shot.

  • destyni-watkins1

    this is really cool