| Title | : | Family Resemblance: Finding Yourself in Others |
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| ISBN | : | 1942084811 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781942084815 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 |
| Publication | : | Published May 5, 2020 |
Family Resemblance is a multiyear photo project that documents and celebrates people who are genetically related and bear a strong resemblance to each other. As an adopted person, photographer Eric Mueller always wondered how it would feel to look like someone else. At age forty-five, when he saw a photo of his birth mother for the first time, it triggered the idea to photograph family members with shared physical characteristics. Over the course of three years Mueller photographed around 700 people ― from newborns to nonagenarians ― and asked them what it’s like to resemble each other. The result is
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Family Resemblance is the product of a three-year project capturing the portraits and thoughts on resemblance of his subjects. Mueller, who is adopted, writes about his feelings about not sharing family resemblance. Another forward is written by an author of a book about women who lost children to adoption in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s (before Roe v. Wade). Interesting (though minimal) text. Lovely presentation of family portraits.
