This project is an ongoing investigation into the practice of empathy and the psychological spaces of the people surrounding me. I am drawn to mundane scenes that are both mysterious and universal. These scenes are understandable but not totally explicit and I invite the viewer to stay with the scene, to relay the importance of these everyday moments that normally pass by without a thought.
Taking pictures of my friends and family in the spaces they normally inhabit I use a 4 x 5 camera with minimal staging and natural light.
Jenny Riffle was born in Washington State in 1979. She studied at Bard College, NY and received her degree in photography in 2001. She is now working at Photographic Center Northwest, a non-profit photography center
in her native city of Seattle, WA. Recently Jenny?s work has appeared in
Group Show an online photography showcase by Humble Media and in several
galleries in Washington. She was also a finalist in Photographer?s Forum
Best of Photography 2006. Jenny is currently working on
a group psychological portraits and also working commercially as half of landreth +
riffle.
