Sara J. Winston – Homesick – PhotoBook Journal

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Photographer: Sara J. Winston (born & resides New York, USA)

Short Story: Ani Katz

Text: English

Stiffcover book with Wire-O binding with fold back covers, four-color lithography, printed in Richmond, VA (USA)

Photobook designer: Sara J. Winston & Andrew Fedynak

Notes: Winston’s book title hints at a state of mind and her photographs are a mix of ambiguous and telling as to a potential homesickness (Sick of Home; Sick for Home, or Sick at Home). There is evidence of underlying issues; a bunged-up cat’s head, a sea of pills on a bed, hospital probes and monitoring wires and someone working with a non-functioning clock. Winston interweaves photographs of various tussled beds indicating an uneasiness that comes from not sleeping well in conjunction with food in various states of preparation, as though nourishment (health) is pending and not complete. Something is out of kilter and as a reader, I am left with a lingering sense of things not as they should be. This narrative about mortality and the circle of life is one in which Winston regretfully plays an unexpected role.

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