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32 Years In the Life of Alison by Jeff Radcliffe

November 24, 2009

I should have posted this a long time ago, but at the time i saw it it did not impress me that much. Jack Radcliffe photographed his daugther Alison from her birth in 1975 until 2007. This exhibition contains 32 years of very emotional black and white pictures of the process of a girl growing.

This collection reminded me of the Noah Video where he takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years and put it into a video. Please visit Jack Radcliffe's wonderful website: http://www.jackradcliffe.org/ for more pictures.

When my daughter Alison was born, in the tradition of a new parent, I began to photograph her, initially in a separate and private body of work. However, in the process of documenting Alison's growth, I developed a passionate interest in human relationships and capturing intimate moments in the lives of family and friends.

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

My photographs of Alison, because of the nature of our relationship, are very much a father-daughter collaboration-Alison permitting me access to private moments of our life, which might, under different circumstances, be off-limits to a parent. The camera, early in her life, became part of our relationship, necessitating in me an acceptance, a quietness. We've never had long photographic sessions, but rather moments alone or with friends.

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

a life photographed by Jack Radcliffe

The significance of these pictures emerges in retrospect. I realize as I look at them, that I created a visual life story of Alison, capturing moments in her metamorphosis from infant to woman-her relationships with friends, her rebellion, and underlying it all, her relationship with me, a constant throughout her life. I wanted to photograph her in all her extremes, and to be part of these times in her life without judging or censoring. Only in this way would I have a true portrait of Alison.

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43 Comments

mira11/24/2009

just – interesting? o-OOOO....

rkl11/24/2009

amazing.
i love this.

Alb11/24/2009

this is an excellent work

BJMRamage11/24/2009

Wow, I was taught by Jack Radcliffe. Photo 101 at HCC>
I thought Jeff Radcliffe, sounds like the teacher I had, then saw Allison and knew it was one in the same.

Wow, so cool. He was a great teacher.

Marcus Kelman11/24/2009

Excellent work

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Hybrid5911/24/2009

cool comme idée !
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graphicnin11/24/2009

This was an amazing collection. As I father myself I commend him and question him at the same time.

taylor11/24/2009

That literally gave me chills and got me choked up. Excellent post.

ejm39911/24/2009

Wow, this is deep.

http://emeyers399.deviantart.com/

ewolf11/24/2009

great work - but she always looks so sad :-(

john11/24/2009

i am in awe... that was so remarkable and breathtaking... i wish i could get to know her a little better now... since i just grew up with her within 5 minutes!

John Mark Herskind11/24/2009

Very Very Deep, its so cool to be able to tell a life story through photographs.

aloa11/24/2009

thanks a lot. After you didn't like my last article about terry richardson :-) Cool to have you back

Luke Jones11/24/2009

That's an awesome collection.

BJMRamage11/24/2009

did mine not get put through?

Wow. very cool to see a former Teacher of mine on here.
I saw Jeff Radcliffe and thought I had a teacher named Jack, then saw Allison's photo and knew it was her...and therefore Jack.

He taught me Photo 101.

Awesome Jack....can't wait to get home and see the images (work blocks most images from here)

BJMRamage11/24/2009

OK, maybe my email (being wrong) stopped my previous attempts to comment.

Wow! Nice to see a former teacher of mine on here. Jack taught me Photo 101.

I saw the name Jeff Radcliffe in the title and thought it was odd that I knew a Jack Radcliffe, but after seeing the photo on the post, realized that was Allison and that it must be Jack Radcliffe. Very cool. Great teacher.

awesome

michelfeist11/24/2009

I became familiar with this collection on Behance, he has other great photos too! great find!

Foren11/24/2009

you did a superb job of capturing these moments and still very tasteful, im sure there was a lot of moments that could've went in here =P

Great Job

late_cow11/24/2009

cool post!
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Brian Ramage11/24/2009

nice to see my old teacher on here. Photo 101, Jack Radcliffe.

knew it was him when i saw Allison, she'd hang around campus.

Zoolander11/24/2009

Wow :) very touching actually.. More of these posts!

augusto11/25/2009

beautiful and bittersweet.

thepeachdesign11/25/2009

Great post. Love it.

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tharanga punchihewa11/25/2009

AWESOME project..

Victoria Blount11/25/2009

This is a great post, i love the black and white photos that document the key points in life.

timmittim11/25/2009

This is great!

tosh11/25/2009

cant beat black and white photography! this is cool - love to do this kind of thing when i get chance

GondryOnSale11/25/2009

Fantastic! Thank you for the inspiration

Fab'11/25/2009

Very interresting collection.

Ashely Adams : Sticker Printing11/25/2009

A fine piece of pictorial biography...Amazing snapshots of some intense emotions and stages in the life a young girl...I prefer black and white photography to colored ones, and this is one of the best I have come across....Loved this post.....

bluemag11/25/2009

Amazing photography!

Katka11/25/2009

Whoa, best post EVER. I love it. Touching...

Phrosty11/26/2009

This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

Doc11/26/2009

Great storytelling through photography.

airamrolf11/26/2009

The photographs saids it all..Great work!

Nag11/26/2009

nice one Hey nice excellent Photography can i know from which camera did you took the pictures

arienette11/26/2009

breathtaking.
<3

fady11/27/2009

superb story.. guess the story continues.. wld love to see her taking pictures of her child and her child...

amrit virk11/29/2009

it's touching..really gr8 work........:)

HollowIvy11/30/2009

Wow, you can really feel connected with someone even with just a few photographs. Awesome project, I hope it continues past 32 years.

Belal kalash12/03/2009

Amazing - it looks like a film the whole images. i'll call it an inspiration for a film.
Thank you for sharing

calabash12/09/2009

really amazing

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