Mady & Monette - Maja Daniels
Monette and Mady are identical twins. They have lived their whole life closely together and are, as they say, inseparable. I used to see them on the streets near my house now and then but mainly on Sundays at our local fruit and vegetable market. I was instantly fascinated by their identical outfits and synchronized corporal language.
When I finally approached them I was not surprised to discover that they often finish each other’s sentences and that they refer to themselves as « I » instead of « we ».
Neither Mady nor Monette are married or have children. They live their lives closely together and have created an image as one. "If we ever go out dressed in different outfits people will come up to us wondering why we are arguing. Perhaps it has become even more important for them to see us dressed identically than it is for us."
Mady and Monette are true performers; they act, sing and dance. Somethimes they don't quite understand why I might be interested to document their everyday life. Its an interesting challenge to make them understand how fascinated I am by what seems so natural and normal to them. These are the first few pictures of an ongoing project.
Maja Daniels
591: Who?
MD: Maja Daniels, Swedish independent photographer, living in London.
591: Film or Digital?
MD: Film, I like the "less is more and the anticipation aspects that comes with film".
591: Inspirations (photography and other)?
MD: I'm inspired by subject matter. Funnily enough, reading sociological texts makes me want to go out and photograph.
591: Last exhibition?
MD: Into Oblivion was exhibited at the Getxophoto festival in the north of Spain throughout the month of September. One of the pictures from the Monette and Mady project are to be exhibited as part of the Taylor Wessing Portrait Price Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery here in London in November.
591: Website?
591 has recently published another great series from Maja: Into Oblivion.
Tiberio Fanti
Comments
I love this series!!!! a lot!!!!!!!
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Excelentes modelos :)