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2011-2015

We can spend many hours, days, even weekends in the homes of friends and relatives without ever seeing their bedrooms. For The Bedroom Project, I ask friends, relatives, and acquaintances for permission to photograph their bedrooms, bringing their private space into public view. I create intimate portraits of the couples and individuals through their private sanctuaries, where secrets are shared and dreams are dreamt.

I was curious if their beds and décor would reflect the people as I know them, or if I would learn anything new about them. I became aware of items in the bedrooms that have deep meaning for the individual and tell a personal story. Even the short amount of time I spent in these private rooms left me with a better understanding of the individual.

Believing that art lives in the space between the viewer’s eye and the artwork itself, I like to imagine that the viewer creates inhabitants who will become an inherent part of the picture and fill the bedrooms with life. I wonder how these imagined people reflect aspects and personalities of the actual people who, in fact, live/lived in each particular bedroom.


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Counted Cross Stitch, MA

Counted Cross Stitch, MA

"Silver Medal Award" San Francisco International Photography Exhibition 2014

Flower Garden, Germany

Flower Garden, Germany

A Pillow for the Cat, Germany

A Pillow for the Cat, Germany

Abstract Nature, MA

Abstract Nature, MA

After the Snow Storm, MA

After the Snow Storm, MA

Bound Together, Spain

Bound Together, Spain

Cable Tangle, Spain

Cable Tangle, Spain

The Lamp Shade, Germany

The Lamp Shade, Germany

Gone, Germany

Gone, Germany

Orange Pillow Case, MA

Orange Pillow Case, MA

MJ2 PRIZE 2014 Concord Art Association, Concord MA For "Orange Pillow Case, MA" and "In Heaven, Germany" "Astrid Reischwitz' photographs showed the most complete technical control of the medium of any of the photographic submissions. The prints were perfectly presented and the artist clearly has a compositional understanding that invited the viewer to explore the space while being led by the formal tension from the framing - the edges are critical." (Arlette and Gus Kayafas, Gallery Kayafas, Boston MA).

Paradekissen (Decorative Pillow), Germany

Paradekissen (Decorative Pillow), Germany

Rectangles, Germany

Rectangles, Germany

Red Pillows, MA

Red Pillows, MA

Red Rose, Germany

Red Rose, Germany

Summer Blankets, Germany

Summer Blankets, Germany

The Eiffel Tower, MA

The Eiffel Tower, MA

The Kitchen Chamber, Germany

The Kitchen Chamber, Germany

The Sailing Boat, MA

The Sailing Boat, MA

The White Cat, England

The White Cat, England

The Mosquito Net, Germany

The Mosquito Net, Germany

White Clouds #1, MA

White Clouds #1, MA

In Heaven, Germany

In Heaven, Germany

Stories and Memories, MA

Stories and Memories, MA

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In the news: Home is where the art is at the Danforth, Art Review by Mark Feeney, The Boston Globe, January 2016