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Francesca Rosa’s Fire Zone

The photographs represent what is left behind in the wake of a tragic event, possibly a crime. Almost forensic, the images of destruction give no answers. The viewer is challenged to investigate, to invent. We are invited into familiar spaces only to be stopped, rendered spectators. The objects in the photographs have lost their original function, but remain, identifiable though untouchable. Their presence sharpens our sense of loss and the yearning to restore. The viewer is transfixed, haunted by a sense of absence, as the scene has been redefined. Not empty, but void of life.