Ruby & Willie

Now showing at Blackbird: Ruby & Willie by Photographer Bootsy Holler





"During a trip to spend Christmas with my family in December of 2001, I shot a few photographs in the living room of the house where my beloved Grandfather Willie lived. Since my Grandmother's death in 1978, the home they had shared remained virtually unchanged. When I got back to Seattle and developed the film, I was immmediately struck by the haunting, strangely beautiful quality of this environment in stasis. I knew I had to return to document this fragile world that had not been touched in 25 years. I shared with my mother my desire to photograph the whole house and that I would soon be home, but before I could make the trip Willie sadly fell ill. Willie was placed in an assisted-living facility and my race to preserve the house on film becam even more urgent. "

The 10" x 16" photos are mounted on wooden box frames.

$350 each
$600 for two
$20 for Ruby & Willie show books