Mollie Schaidt Weekly post 8

Anca Mitroi and Edd Myspys

1. Anca Mitroi and Edd Myspys are Romania-based photographers who merged to make a body of work titled, Sadness Overload. Mitroi and Myspys capture images separately, but then they come together to pick which frame will be added to the series. This is ongoing series and they might not make new photos for months at a time it all depends on when sadness strikes. So this series is based solely on emotion and when it appears again in their lives individually.
2. Mitroi and Myspys inspiration for this series is their own private mourning--dealing with guilt and betrayal. Mitroi and Myspys always place themselves inside the frame, so it is a self portrait. Though this is not who they are in real life this series is the description of the lingering emotion that follows them "like a shadow". This is look inside the mind of the artist and what they carry with them constantly. The artist say they do not even like to look at these photos because it is a reminder of the sadness.
3. What attracted me to these images is sense of wonder questioning "what is happening?" and that is what makes it attractive. Before even reading the description about these images I didn't think that it was two different photographers capturing them. The first image I chose is my favorite it is so surreal, but creepy at the same time. What I take from that image is that is a mask of who he once was either as a child--carefree! Also, maybe that is where the sadness derives from that particular photo on his face.