Crisis 2002-2003

This body of work was taken during a very difficult time in my relationship with my husband, Eran.

It was photography that allowed me to be able to step away, to see what was going on. The fact that Eran let me take those pictures, in the middle of these difficult situations, in a way, reconnected me to him. I was surprised by the fact that I was taking pictures, that I needed so much to make pictures, that I was pushing my own limits, I wanted to do this. I wanted to look at us. I wanted to be able to see the beauty in those painful moments, to create, to feel myself and who I am because everything else felt like total chaos and out of control.

I felt the need to title those images in a more specific way then I did with my work in the past. Some situations became charged just by a little piece of information, otherwise they might have seemed mundane. With a few words, a documented moment was charged, making it possible to see more of what is in it, just by pointing out ‘this is what it is about’.

It is my warning sign now. I know what to look for, what to be careful about; I have those photographs to remind me.

Elinor Carucci