Jasmine Barrios Elinor Carucci

Elinor Carucci, is an Israeli artist who moved to New York. in 1995. In Carucci’s work she often displays close ups of people whether its their eyes, mouth, folds of skin, hair, scars, etc. In some of her work Carucci focused on her relationship with her family who lived together in an apartment for a time period in total it was about 5-6 people this body of work is “Closer” and in a later project she focused on her relationship with her mother, and with her relationship with her children this body of work is “Mother” However in the majority of her work she focuses on close up, detailed and highly exposed shots.  The close up shots emphasize the closeness between her and her relationships the space in her photo is confined which echo’s her lifestyle that she is portraying.