Marlen Gronewold
Todd Hido "#9202"
chromogenic print
This image called #9202 is by Todd Hido and it is part of his landscape series. It was published in his book "Excerpts from Silver Meadows" in 2013.
This image hits home for me. Deeply. It takes me back to my simple, beloved childhood home that will never be the same. The home I am losing, slowly but surely. Not its physical form, but its spirit will be gone.
This image represents the joy I feel for the countless hours of being free and loved with no worry in the world and the dark daze that comes with saying goodbye.
This image shows what it is like to be a bystander, looking at a scene from far away, feeling left out, wondering what it would be like to be closer.
And quite frankly I am intrigued, and likely jealous of the people that get to call this little house home when it reminds me so much of my own.
