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Bootsy Holler
"Ruby and Willie"
February 11th March 8th
These images are just a sampling of the more than 800 images taken in Ruby and Willie's home, located at 1824 Davison, Richland, Washington. Ruby, passed in 1978, leaving Willie to live alone in the house until 2002. He lived in the basement and kitchen, not touching any of the rooms. I documented each room as I would a museum, capturing all the small details in the kitchen, living room, dining room, hallway, boys' room, girls' room, Ruby's room, the downstairs TV room, and finally Willie's basement bedroom.
I began documenting the home in December of 2001. Maybe I knew this home, which looked to me like a movie set, would soon be destroyed. A few months later my grandfather fell sick and died in April of 2002. This home, which hadn't been changed in more than 25 years, was soon stripped down to nothing. Everything was gone.
As generations leave us, they take with them their environments. I used photography for what it does best: to document a place and time before it is gone.
The images are mounted as single photographs on 10 x 16 x 2.5 inch wood boxes, and are coated with a protective UV polymer. Each will be able to stand-alone or be combined in a linear or stacked grouping describing a single room. Groupings up to 5 images long will guide your eyes through a single room. I have chosen approximately 50 images for this show at the 6311 Gallery in Ballard/Seattle, opening February 11th and hanging until March 8th 2006.
Bootsy Holler
The February 16th issue of the Seattle Weekly, has a article about the show "Ruby and Willie"
Bootsy will be in the gallery Saturday, March 4th from 11:00 to 5:00pm, to talk about her work.
bootsyholler.com
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