The Ofer Wolberger 'Life With Maggie' series documents the liminality of travel. The ongoing series created by New York City-based artist Ofer Wolberger photographs the journey of a mysterious doll-faced girl named Molly. As Wolberger describes on his website the, "Life with Maggie is the unique record of a character lost in time and place." The series becomes an ode to the photographic travel journal. The journals construct a static moment in time that is cemented through the camera.
Maggie journeys throughout America and even across the pond to France, creating a diary of photographs. The compositions of the shots are filled with color documenting the historic to the completely mundane as Maggie carries the same expression in each shot.
Doll-Faced Travel Photography
The Ofer Wolberger 'Life With Maggie' Series Takes You on a Trip
Trend Themes
1. Doll-faced Photography Trend - Photographers using dolls as subjects in travel photography for a unique and ambiguous perspective.
2. Nostalgic Travel Journals Trend - A trend of stylized travel journals being replaced by photographic travelogues that document static moments in time.
3. Color-centric Photography Trend - A trend focussing on the use of vibrant colors to capture both historic and mundane moments of travel.
Industry Implications
1. Travel Photography Industry - The travel photography industry could take advantage of this trend to market themselves in creative new ways.
2. Toy Industry - Toy companies and doll makers could take advantage of this trend to market their products for photography use.
3. Camera Industry - Camera manufacturers could capitalize on this trend by designing new products that cater to the needs of travel photographers.