From lensculture:
The woman running through Scott Offen’s Grace, at times decked out like a Nordic goddess brandishing a sunflower in her hand, at others glimpsed as a naked back hidden by large leaves, is on a journey beyond the confines of daily life. Flitting between stuffy interiors and expansive, wild landscapes, she shapeshifts and plays through different emotions, empowered as the protagonist of her own fairytale. Patterns—of clothes, of skin, of tree bark—are brought to the surface, drawing our attention to cycles of time and change.
These carefully-considered monochrome pictures are the outcome of a seven-year collaboration between husband and wife of more than 30 years, Scott and Grace Offen. In response to a teacher’s suggestion to photograph his family, Scott picked up his camera and began to photograph Grace out in nature where she felt free. The photography project evolved into a shared-space of creativity where Grace could grapple with the slippery experience of getting older as a woman. Through an intimate process of co-creation, the pair quit the quotidian to wander and play their way through the questions we face as we age.
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