anne noble - 'ruby's room'

polly: hey guys have you heard of anne noble a new zealand based artist. i'm a fan of her work. especially 'ruby's room' a series she worked on throughout 1998-2004, which documented the childhood years of her daughter; ruby. the photos always focus on ruby's mouth, cropped to fit only below the nose and to the chin. showing the growing and discovering of ruby with different objects that come in contact with her mouth (orange peel, bubbles, hair, tape, lollies.. etc). the prints themselves are very confronting and give the viewer a sort of nostalgic pleasure, captured in a moment of a child's self discovery. i really like that we can relate with this and the relationship that is seen and unseen between noble, the photographer and her daughter, ruby. having a personal touch to a work always makes it ten times better in my eyes.