Dolls

Photographs by Craig Deane

Catalogue No. MISC.5-1965 LOS/16 Shelf 4 © Craig Deane (click image for larger version)

3 September 2010 - 2 January 2011

A series of portraits by photographer Craig Deane, depicting a variety of dolls from the Museum's extensive behind the scenes collection.

Craig explains, "As a portrait and still-life photographer I am interested in the representation of the human form; mankind’s desire to make images and objects in its own likeness is as old as the hills and I am particularly interested in exploring the evolving representations we have made of ourselves (and given to our children to play with) as illustrated by the broad spectrum of dolls held in the 8000-strong collection at the Museum".