"Mid-Century (birds)" by Lisa Stinner-Kun, ,

This photograph is from a new project titled Mid-Century Modest. In these photographs I'm focused on the tension felt between a simultaneous ​longing for the past and a yearning for the future​. This contrast can be seen in the photographs while comparing the appearances of patina and nostalgia (referencing the current romance that many people feel for mid-century modern homes) to that of the modern functional design (referencing the original intent of this architecture, which was to break-away from nostalgia and old-fashioned ideas, in a reaction to horrific world events - such as WWII). I'm concerned with how the passage of time can change the cultural interpretation of a built environment.