Frances F. Denny
"Let Virtue Be Your Guide" documents the female members of my New England family. The photographs examine a kind of metaphorical inheritance: the values, traditions, and virtues that are passed down from one generation of women to the next. In the images, resemblances and divergences emerge between the generations; a...
"Let Virtue Be Your Guide" documents the female members of my New England family. The photographs examine a kind of metaphorical inheritance: the values, traditions, and virtues that are passed down from one generation of women to the next. In the images, resemblances and divergences emerge between the generations; a tension between surface and internality, legacy and embodiment. In the pictures, we sense the passage of time, as well as my own struggle with an inherited definition of femininity.
Hope, in the guest bedroom
Floral patterns
My mother's hands
Portrait of my grandmother (in my mother's house)
Aunt N., before her portrait
China pantry
Attic
Thanksgiving
Cake
Edith, with a portrait of her ancestor
