Analog

The unusual but dynamic and involving composition of this piece reflects its theme of adventure. The viewer's eye is drawn gradually across each of three facets of this theme in turn: the epic and richly imagined adventures that are the domain of fiction and culture, the everyday but nonetheless vital domestic adventure of life and survival, and the ultimate adventure of exploration of the unknown, drawing us towards a horizon of beauty and mystery. The key to this piece is its seamlessness, how these themes are presented clearly but almost subliminally in what appears at first glance to be a straightforward still-life diorama.

Taken 2007, May 15, 6:25:48 pm

Baby, Sleeping

The subject of this piece, a peacefully sleeping infant enveloped in the warm security of a tightly-wrapped blanked, is subtly at odds with the composition and lighting, every aspect of which -- from the tension and imbalance of the tilted composition to the cold, overexposed lighting -- plays against the peacefulness and security which form the viewer's first impression. Such justapositions are a device used commonly in Maeve's photography, which often feature an apparently random mismatch between subject and technique, the meaning of which only becomes apparent on further reflection.

Taken 2007 May 15, 6:23:57 pm