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A pile of watermelons fills the back of a red pickup truck. One watermelon sits alone on the left, separated from the main group.

Idyllic observations from Jennilee Marigomen's Window Seat

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Date
2 October 2014

These photographs should carry a warning; they depict such a gloriously idyllic lifestyle they’ll soon have hoards of office workers throwing their suitcases out of nineteenth floor windows and marching, pot plants under arm, to a brighter pastel-shaded future living in slumbering Mexican villages.

Venturing out of Vancouver, photographer Jennilee Marigomen took her observational eye south to document, in devastatingly beautiful detail, precise moments and everyday objects. The series is in character with her envious Instagram feed and artful still-lifes, and finds itself published in her first colour book Window Seat.

A person in a blue T-shirt and white cap works inside a rectangular hole dug into the ground. Behind them is a bright yellow wall with a single window protected by decorative black iron bars.
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Jennilee Marigomen: Window Seat

A white pole is set into a block of concrete inside a bright green plastic bucket. The bucket sits on a weathered concrete floor.
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Jennilee Marigomen: Window Seat

Three cardboard boxes sit on a sandy ground, partially tucked under a draped turquoise fabric. The boxes are reinforced with wide strips of silver duct tape.
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Jennilee Marigomen: Window Seat

A white exterior wall features a small window surrounded by patches of yellow, orange and green paint. Below, a paint bucket and a coiled hose sit on a cluttered ground next to a multi-coloured concrete block.
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Jennilee Marigomen: Window Seat

The back of a red pickup truck is filled with a pile of watermelons. One watermelon sits alone on the left, separated from the main group.
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Jennilee Marigomen: Window Seat

Frost crystals cover a window pane against a pale blue sky. A single, small circular ring of frost sits at the bottom edge.
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Jennilee Marigomen: Window Seat

A tall, ribbed cactus stands against a stone wall. A small, translucent green circular speaker is attached to its side with a black cable running downwards.
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Jennilee Marigomen: Window Seat

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