Aline Smithson
Phoebe, 2013
Archival Pigment Print
15.5 x 15.5 inches
Series: Spring Fever
Spring Fever explores the idea of childhood and beyond, capturing 7-year-old girls wearing 1950’s spring hats. Juxtaposing hats traditionally worn by women half a century older with the visual of...
Spring Fever explores the idea of childhood and beyond, capturing 7-year-old girls wearing 1950’s spring hats. Juxtaposing hats traditionally worn by women half a century older with the visual of a child on the threshold of knowledge and sophistication allows us a glimpse into the future, and possibly an reflection of a face that wore a head full of flowers long ago.