Erik Kessels | In Almost Every Picture #4

Erik Kessels
In Almost Every Picture #4
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: KesselsKramer Publishing, 2005
144 pp., 20 × 15 cm., softcover
Edition of 2000

"Two sisters, sororal twins, grow up right before our eyes, diligently arranging dresses, coats, belts, shoes, gloves and often hairstyles that are identical [...]

The time is World War II. Not far away from these images of a natural joy, immense tragedy unfolds.Theweight of this time in our history threatens the edges of these photographs, these giggles, these smiles, and intensifiesthe preciousness found here in almost every picture. A photograph taken to remember, remembers more as the scopeof our memory increases.Despite our best efforts, the tragedy manages to invade the photographs. We see a space left for her, forthe twin sister who is gone. We can only imagine that her absence is due to what was happening, what has happened. The feeling is identical."

- publisher's statement