There is a profound stillness that settles over an abandoned bedroom. When I captured The Forgotten Menagerie, my attention was immediately held by this small, quiet collection of lost toys resting on a decaying shelf. In the heavy chiaroscuro shadows of this forgotten space, these objects cease to be mere fabric and stuffing; they become vessels of memory.
Toys hold a unique gravity. For a child, they are pure comfort—a tangible manifestation of love and safety given by a parent or loved one. Seeing them left behind in the dark raises quiet, lingering questions about the sociology of these shadows. Who did they belong to? Were they kept for decades by an elderly resident holding onto the faded echoes of their own youth, or were they abruptly left behind by a child many years ago, frozen in time as the house around them decayed, much like the enduring isolation I documented in sanctum of shadows.
These are the narratives I seek to preserve. The pale window light raking across the weathered shelf highlights the texture of the forgotten giraffe and the vintage camera beside it, freezing that mystery in a single frame. When hung on a wall, this piece acts as a window into that permanent state of quiet, allowing the viewer to absorb the atmosphere of a room that the rest of the world has forgotten.
The Forgotten Menagerie
Reference DU-344
Single edition — one print only
36 × 24 inches, Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm
£950.00, with certificate of authenticity