Désirée Dolron

Chromogenic print, diasec mounted. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 5/8 in black felt tip pen on the back of the mount. 

Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam 
Private collection, Belgium

Désirée Dolron, The Hague Museum of Photography, 2005, p. 109

This work is in overall excellent condition, with a few faint and random hairline scractches, only visible in raking light.
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This series, Xteriors, is based on a story Dolron wrote as a young girl. She constantly references classical masters in her photographs such as Vilhelm Hammershøi or Rembrandt. Dolron’s interest in classical portraiture is especially clear when analysing the architecture, light and compositions of her work. The sitters in the work are an enigma for the viewer as they are difficult to contextualise. Their calmness and stillness derives from a feeling of timelessness that Dolron creates as a way to unsettle us in an effort to create her almost mystical characters.