LuganoPhotoDays 2014
LuganoPhotoDays
Florence Iff
Play with Me
On the rural side of Switzerland one finds settings looking like mockups or playgrounds for or made by adults. The so much romanticized landscape of the countryside is betrayed by reality, which mostly shows opposites of the expected.
During my trips by train I sometimes stop at the most bland towns and villages, advertising folkloristic events, beautified surroundings and gardens or outlet malls in the middle of nowhere.
The poetry of the inconspicuous, the revelation of the banal as prepossessing appearance and even the profanity of bad taste can be interesting to scrutinize and are perfect photographic subjects.