Photographer Nigel Shafran records the common threads of domestic scenes

Date
10 March 2016

In a new book published by Mack, British photographer Nigel Shafran, whose work appeared in The Face and i-D in the late 80s, records the details of a series of domestic scenes. From supermarket checkouts to the monotony of escalators and household chores, Shafran’s observational photographs convey the universal nature of these transitory and repetitive moments. It’s in his series documenting the inventory of possessions in his mother’s last house that the work begets emotional charge. Otherwise inconsequential details such as mops, rakes, broken tiles, mugs, rolls of paper and mottled sponges suddenly become monumental.

The photographs in Dark Rooms are accompanied by texts by David Chandler and Paul Elliman, and the book is co-edited by Liz Jobey.

Above

Nigel Shafran: Dark Rooms, published by Mack

Above

Nigel Shafran: Dark Rooms, published by Mack

Above

Nigel Shafran: Dark Rooms, published by Mack

Above

Nigel Shafran: Dark Rooms, published by Mack

Above

Nigel Shafran: Dark Rooms, published by Mack

Above

Nigel Shafran: Dark Rooms, published by Mack

Above

Nigel Shafran: Dark Rooms, published by Mack

Above

Nigel Shafran: Dark Rooms, published by Mack

Share Article

About the Author

Billie Muraben

Billie studied illustration at Camberwell College of Art before completing an MA in Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art. She joined It’s Nice That as a Freelance Editorial Assistant back in January 2015 and continues to work with us on a freelance basis.

It's Nice That Newsletters

Fancy a bit of It's Nice That in your inbox? Sign up to our newsletters and we'll keep you in the loop with everything good going on in the creative world.