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Essay / Visual Analysis of Davis' Photography - 705
Memories can be as fleeting as the moments that created them. Remembering events and the deterioration of memories over time is a constant process that cannot be stopped. This inevitable passage of memory merges with the inevitable passage of human life. Emily Davis's photography of wine glasses is thoughtful and fragmented, allowing the image to act as a metaphor for this fleeting aspect of memory through its own qualities of memory. The photograph also symbolizes the transience of human life through the use of the traditional symbol of the wine glass, which ultimately serves as a memento mori. The word reflection refers to the production or return of an image created by light or thought. This connection with the act of remembering is established by Davis through the presence of real reflections in his photography. The surface the wine glasses sit on is reflective, which creates a double set of wine glasses. The light is caught by the shiny crystal of the glasses and is partially reflected into each other. The light that bounces...