Untitled
by Sandra Jõgeva
2014
Photographers:
Epp Kubu, Igor Ruus, Jaanus Samma, Jaanika Kuklase, Fred Harjaks, Arne Maasik
The series features 15 single people of different ages and social backgrounds who are waiting for someone to come into their lives. The people are documented in environments they consider their homes, whether it be a flat shared with friends, a nice country house or an editing room of a film school, where a person sleeps while in Tallinn. People were asked to be photographed with everyone they are living with. They were also asked to describe the person they want to enter their lives. Since the series was originally created for Tam gallery in Tallinn, which shares its space with a posh restaurant, the texts were designed as restaurant menus. If exhibited elsewhere, the texts would probably be on display in a simpler way. Most of the texts were written in Estonian and then translated into English, with two exceptions – Americans living in Estonia.
The photos are 156 × 216 mm each and are printed on paper that is behind thick acrylic glass, creating a certain, almost 3D-like effect. There are two photos of each person, taken in their living environment, from the front and from the back. These two photos are exhibited together, back to back. Originally they were placed on restaurant tables.
Among the people photographed are a gay Christian priest in his 50s, two well-known Estonian poets, a retired American punk music manager…
