Karen Marshall’s epic book documents teenage love, loss and heartache in NYC
, which collates hundreds of photographs and related ephemera, as well as hours of audio interviews and old school video footage. Here, she explains the story behind it all.“In 1985, when I shot this project, I was an emerging photographer trying to get into long-form storytelling. Prior to that, I had been doing environmental street portraits with a 1950s Rolleiflex camera, but I was losing interest in looking at public space.
“I came of age in the 1970s when the women’s movement was really strong, and everyone was looking at what it meant to be a woman. It deeply influenced me, but by 1985 nobody was really talking about that anymore. There wasn’t much work on girls coming of age at that time: now you have tons of that kind of content, but there was very little out there during the 80s.
“Once I decided on this project, I started asking everyone I knew to try and find some girls. I eventually found the then 16-year-old Molly, who had been a babysitter for some friends, and she hooked me up with all of her friends.“Molly was a giant personality. She was extremely exuberant; very social and creative. She was somebody you notice as soon as she walks into a room, which helped her in front of the camera.
“10 months into the project and I really had no idea where it was going to go. But then Molly was killed in a road traffic accident. It was a very bizarre moment. I realised that Molly would remain 17, and the rest of her friends would become women. But I didn’t want to stop photographing them, so it was hard. I didn’t have quite as much access during their senior year, and they were not hanging out with each other as much because Molly’s death was very painful for them.
“30 years later, in the fall of 2015, I stopped working on the project. It felt like perfect timing. They were all on the other side of their 40s, and – while life is still gonna make you change – you are who you are at that age. You’re grounded. 30 years was enough. People keep saying, ‘are you done? Are you done?’ But this book is the project. And yes, if at some point I end up having some other exhibition, there might be some other little extra something added. But for now, it’s finished.
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