Today we had Caroline Molloy give a lecture about herself and her work. Caroline works as a professional portrait photographer. She has worked for Glamour magazine, Marie Clare, Good House Keeping, Prima, and many others. Caroline didn't have enough time to go into more detail about her commercial work, which was a shame, as I would have liked to hear more about it. Caroline has worked on a few personal projects, such as Age 20 Isreal 95, Troubled thoughts, and a project on identical twins, which I forget the name of.
Age 20 Isreal 95 was a project about the Isreali army. The Isreali army conscripts both men and women, and Caroline chose to focus on the women in the army. Caroline spoke of a feeling of 'family', and that the women feel that they have to serve for their family.
Troubled thoughts was a project on the troubles in Ireland. Caroline is a Catholic, and although she wasn't affected directly by the troubles, she wanted to document how it affected others, and tell their stories. Caroline used still images as well as moving images in her project, and used the transcript from the video as an art piece in its own right.
The identical twins project started as a result of Caroline starting to notice twins everywhere. When she started photographing the twins, she didn't know what the project would become, and didn't know what direction she would take with it. This project would eventually help to get commissions for commercial work.
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