{"product_id":"poppy-promises","title":"Poppy Promises","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReconnecting with his father after years of estrangement, Duffield’s series Poppy Promises follows the nine-year process of rebuilding a relationship that was once strained by addiction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReconciling with this challenging enclave of his own family history, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe project explores the effect of his father’s heroin addiction on his parents’ relationship, recognising the previously overlooked role \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis mother played as a single parent in the absence of his father.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the sequence unfolds, a rhythmic structure of portraiture and allegorical still-life photographs alternate as the series seeks to communicate the complex emotional landscape that is present in households that experience addiction. The tensions that run beneath the surface, the highs, lows, and occasional calamities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncorporating his father's voice in the project alongside his own, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea series of text messages exchanged between father and son offers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea textual layer to the series that carries both subtle humour and a sense of pathos that reverberates alongside the photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"witty books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52178753421654,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0345\/2121\/9205\/files\/poppy.png?v=1767108358","url":"https:\/\/todomodo.live\/en\/products\/poppy-promises","provider":"Todo Modo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}