Zane & Dalton Portraits

Long long ago, in the olden days, my mother, Susan Horn, took her Hasselblad and photographed two little boys for her ongoing body of work about children.  She painstakingly developed the 120 film, printed two 16x16 photographs in her darkroom, then matted and framed them for their mother.  20 years later, Zane and Dalton contacted me to recreate the photos as a surprise for their mother Paula's 60th birthday,  How could I resist?  What an awesome opportunity!  They sent me a cell phone picture of the photograph still hanging up in their parents house, and I worked from that and my memory of the photos.

Zane and Dalton lived up the street from me in the old neighborhood, they were such cool kids and I loved to hang out, ride bikes and play with them.  The original location was no longer available to us to shoot in, and I didn't want it to be one of those novelty projects where they recreate a childhood snapshot with the same pjs and bad lighting.  I thought a lot about how to approach this, having to live up to my mom's artwork is a pretty big challenge.  I tried to achieve the feel of the original photos, referencing them with the posing, setting and the clothing the boys wore, but create an updated "Taura" version that stands on it's own.