For the month of June, I will be offering a $20 print of the photograph titled BED through my website. The idea of a monster hiding under your bed is perhaps the most emblematic of all childhood fears.
The little girl in the photograph is played by my daughter Shiva.
The monstrous arms emerging from under the bed are from a giant Creature Reachers Halloween costume that I bought on sale the day after Halloween.
Hidden in the blocks on the floor are the words ‘DADDY’ and ‘NO’. This was meant to suggest that the real monster was in fact the little girl’s father.
This image was shot in my friend Joel Kraft’s living room. Joel is a musician and songwriter. He has a gentle and beatific personality that would have made him very successful as a hired musician for children’s parties. Before moving away to Portland, Joel was one of my most active collaborators. It is Joel (and his human hand) crawling down the stairs in WOLF. That’s Joel playing the boogeyman in REFRIGERATOR. And CANDY was photographed in his backyard.
