Amy Bassin

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prin

My series of photographed tableaus created with toy soldiers and dolls from childhood is rooted in the nostalgia of youthful, imaginative play, where toys were often stand-ins for a child’s simplistic view of right and wrong, good and evil. As an adult living through the present-day horrors of a global pandemic, racial genocide, climate change, American Nationalism, and the Trump administration, my photographs represent the struggle to escape the destruction, chaos, and fear threatening our present-day survival, as well as an apocalyptic future.

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet print

My series of photographed tableaus created with toy soldiers and dolls from childhood is rooted in the nostalgia of youthful, imaginative play, where toys were often stand-ins for a child’s simplistic view of right and wrong, good and evil. As an adult living through the present-day horrors of a global pandemic, racial genocide, climate change, American Nationalism, and the Trump administration, my photographs represent the struggle to escape the destruction, chaos, and fear threatening our present-day survival, as well as an apocalyptic future. 

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prints

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prints 

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prints 

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prints

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prints 

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prints

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prints

Civil Atrocities
Archival inkjet prints