Suburban Dreams

I am fascinated by the signs and symbols of contemporary life, by the relationships among people, the spaces they inhabit and their possessions. These photographs are visual explorations of people, places and things in middle-class California suburbs during the last decade of the twentieth century and the beginning of the next.

I'm trying to locate the place where the mythic intersects with the mundane, where dream merges with reality. Doing this, I'm inspired and influenced by many different things, including genre painting, contemporary cinema, performance and installation. The result, I hope, is a persuasive fiction which combines real appearances with philosophical truth.

About Beth Yarnelle Edwards

Beth Yarnelle Edwards is a photographer whose work explores the intersection of suburban life and personal identity. Through her lens, she captures the complex relationships between people, their environments, and their possessions in California's middle-class suburbs.