CYNTHIA RETTIG

Moments in Other People’s Houses

California, United States • cynthia-rettig.com

  • I work in property liquidation/estate sale business in the San Francisco Bay Area. Moments in Other People’s Houses is a photographic series that I’ve been working on for 6 years. Themes of memory, attachment and decay surface but there is something deeper that I am attempting to convey.

    We all die or move out of our homes at some point. That movement leaves a lot of personal stuff behind. Some material things we own deteriorate, erode and turn to dust. I’m interested in how light travels across furniture, rooms and windows. Time frames the absence of objects, markings of moved furniture, paintings and footpaths on worn rugs. Patterns as consistent as time- the routine of life, it’s all there in a house. Clues, energy - the quirky way things connect us, the wealthy and working class have holes in their pajamas, outdated spices and books never read. Every house is a story and a constant reminder that all is temporary.

  • Archival Digital Prints, 11x14 images and 16x20 images.