Mara Bodis-Wollner

What I like about her work is the way she takes pictures that are obviously staged, but that contain more, somehow. Real life leaks out at the edges of the pictures. There are details that transcend the performance.

This way of thinking reminds me of my train video work... I must try to connect the two...

There is an element of performance in people's public expression of themselves, even when they attempt to conceal it, as here.