Zofia RYDET (1911-1997)

Study for one of the Obsessions works from the World of Feelings and Imagination series

1975-1979
gelatin silver print, 50 × 40 cm,
stamp reading "Zbiory prywatne / Zofia Augustyńska" on the reverse
vintage

Obsessions are part of The World of Feelings and Imagination - an extensive portfolio of Rydet’s photomontages from the 1970s, which consists of fifteen sets of works characterised by various moods and emotional overtones. It shows humans in the context of a permanent threat - from birth till death. The Sociological Record and The World of Feelings and Imagination are the two greatest and most highly regarded portfolios in Rydet’s rich output.
The series has been widely exhibited and reproduced, including: Zofia Rydet. Photographs, National Museum, Wrocław (2000); Zofia Rydet. The Arc of Realism, Photoireland Festival, Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin, Ireland (2011); Necessary Complement, Silesian Museum, Katowice (2012); Zofia Rydet. Inventorying the Image of Man, Photomonth, Sofia, Bulgaria (2012).