Still Life of Teenagers delves into the ways young people engage with the world through photographs of their homes. Centered around the teenage bedroom, the series offers a personal insight into contemporary Danish youth life. The snapshots capture aspects of everyday life that we often take for granted or perhaps even overlook. Interiors, technology and everyday clutter fill the rooms with information and stories about the lives that unfold within and around them. The project was published in book form by Disko Bay in 2023. “Barbara Marshtrand’ s photo book offers a keenly observant sociological study of the Danish youth culture of today. […] We go hunting for signs in the pictures; we sense, feel and construct stories about the rooms ’ inhabitants .” – from the book ’ s opening essay by Mette Sandbye.
Barbara Marstrand
Barbara Marstrand (b. 1994, DK) lives and works in Copenhagen. She holds an MFA in photography from HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design in Gothenburg and a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Copenhagen.
In her practice, she works with photography within conceptually defined frameworks. She is interested in the relationship between visual art and logic; how logic is inherent in visual art, and how visual art challenges logic. Her focus is on our physical surroundings, making us aware and disrupting the way we relate to those surroundings.
Exhibitions include Danish Architecture Center (DK), Les Rencontres d’Arles (FR), Röda Sten Konsthall (SE), and NSFW (SE). Her work has been featured in Dazed Magazine (UK), Fisheye Magazine (FR), Currier International (FR), Copenhagen Icetimes (DK), and Politiken (DK). In 2023, she published the photo book Still Life of Teenagers with Disko Bay Publishing.
