Life's Dream

Text and Photographs by Claire Yaffa
Introduction by Gordon Parks

After years of photographing society's victims and the disadvantaged, Claire Yaffa turned her camera lens on the delicate, unnoticed images that swirl around us. She began to explore the world of light and shadow, and her finely tuned eye discovered the elusive messages - soundless voices, more than memories, less than flashes of the future - that fleeting images can inspire.

A sensitive and distinguished photographer, Yaffa presents her work as a visual poem filled with sensual images of the human condition. They startle us, they challenge us; they invite recognition, emotion, introspection. Her images are found in the familiar, but are transformed by her unique vision. With a beautifully written, brief poetic text and an introduction by legendary photographer, Gordon Parks.

Claire Yaffa is a freelance photographer. Her previous publications include: Reaching Out (on child abuse); A Dying Child is Born: The Story of Tracy (on children with AIDS); Homeless in Westchester County; A History of the New York Foundling Hospital; Light and Shadow; Moments.