American photographer Ken Rosenthal instantly captured me with his series Seen and Not Seen. The images are at once nostalgic but also historic. The anonymity and mystery that comes along with the lack of identity in the images brings you into a world where you can create the meaning. Meant to resemble old family photographs, the series is a look back in time, in terms of subject matter and technique. Maybe it’s the softness of the imagery, maybe it’s the anonymity, but I feel like these are my own memories I can’t quite recall being presented to me.
60 Wondrous Artists 