Diana photographer: Nancy Rexroth

 

 

 

 

 

From 1970 to 1976 Nancy Rexroth completed Iowa, a series of images that evoke her memories and dreams of childhood in the Midwest. Working with a Diana camera, she embraced its defects — irregular exposures, bent perspective and blurred focus. As Nancy explains, “The Diana’s made for feelings. Diana images are often something you might see faintly in the background of a photograph… sometimes, I feel I could step over the edge of a frame and walk backwards into this unknown region. Then I would keep right on walking…”

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