We are Temporary Reality

100 years ago Finnish woman was the first woman in Europe to vote for political ideology. The same women could order her coffee in cafeteria but couldn’t order her plate in restaurant. Her position was to stay indoors, dedicating her time for the family. In contrary the man was visible outside of home.

This historical reality as we consider it in our time conservatism – roles between a woman and a man – has remained in cases where the woman´s identity has been evaluated in populist perspective.

Therefor I stage the woman always as a mother, and a daughter as a picture of her mother. The physiological tensions and relationships indoors drives me to photograph mise-en-scene photographs. I see the domestic scene as a platform of hidden emotions and identity of a mother or a daughter. All of these subjects keeps me working to find a picture to describe the temporary realities we call life.

© Erica Nyholm - Iris with her Sister, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 110 x 140 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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Iris with her Sister, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 110 x 140 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - A Mother and a Daughter at Home, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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A Mother and a Daughter at Home, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - A Mother and a Daughter, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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A Mother and a Daughter, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - Ina with her Mother and Sister, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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Ina with her Mother and Sister, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - A Woman and a Girl in a Church, 2016, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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A Woman and a Girl in a Church, 2016, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - Two women´s history, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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Two women´s history, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - Mother and Daughter, 2013, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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Mother and Daughter, 2013, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - A Daughter, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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A Daughter, 2017, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - A Mother and a Daughter at Home, 2018, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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A Mother and a Daughter at Home, 2018, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - A Mother and a Daughter in a pool, 2018, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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A Mother and a Daughter in a pool, 2018, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 80 x 100 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

© Erica Nyholm - A Portrait of my Mother, 2012, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 82 x 101,50 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP
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A Portrait of my Mother, 2012, Pigment ink print on dipond, Framed, 82 x 101,50 cm, Ed. 6 + 2 AP

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