Anastasia Smith: 24, sisterless and searching.
I FIRST NOTICED Albrecht Tübke’s photography on Black*Eiffel, in a post about swimming. I followed the links, and was amazed to find the most stunning photos of matching twins. I’m not even sure where Tübke is from (a quick search didn’t reveal too much). Thoughts? Guesses? Do you have a favorite in his series? My favorite is above and the rest are all here. Wow.
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FEU, BY ANASTASIA SMITH, a collage in mixed media, 2007
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The two men in suits is clearly the best. I didn’t realize that some twins are quite unhappy.
Tübke is from Leipzig, in what used to be socialist East Germany. His work is also done there, and his models are from the region. The difficulties of the last 20 years of transition, stacked on top of the hardships that came before, are, I think, visible in a lot of those portraits.