the curious incident

This project is a series of photographs playing with the idea of surprise, humor, and misplacement. I chose to combine scenes that people are familiar with and juxtapose them in an unexpected environment. Elevators are often seen as a place where people behave in an uptight and uncomfortable way by keeping to themselves and ignoring fellow passengers. Each time the door opens the viewer is presented with an idealized Americana, one that features such activities as recreation, domestic chores, everyday life, work, and entertainment. In this film, the elevator became the small world in which all of this takes place. I chose to emphasize the quaint realities of everyday experience, but with a twist of absurdity.