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What Lies Within-Andrea M. Noel's Multiple Collections

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What Lies Within
Andrea M. Noel’s Multiple Eclectic Collections
For the past 2 years I have been photographing Andrea's eclectic collections in Zebulon, Georgia. I had no idea of the depth of the items when I ask her if I could photograph them. And so began an interesting discovery of the collector's world. When I have mentioned the extent of what she has accumulated I am often ask if she is a hoarder. Absolutely not! All items are categorized and neatly put away in her attic until she determines which one is to brought out for display.
Starting with bottle caps and matchbooks as a child the collections have exploded into so many different directions. There are dollhouses which have been painstakingly set up by scale, making sure that every element is correct and coordinating. There are hundreds of Barbies and dolls of all sizes.
She has items that younger people may not even be able to identify such as soap savers (from her kitchen utensil collection), wetters, corn holders and a wide assortment of shoe shine boxes. Other categories included pressed aluminum trays, bed pans, aluminum ice trays,assorted boxes,old framed photos of people that she does not know as well flattened and twisted forks and spoons and broken eyeglasses.
Andrea can see something special in each of her collections. She feels that it is a way to connect with people, past and present and of course there is always the thrill of the hunt. She searches second hand stores looking for treasures. She has friends as well as employees of the second hand stores that assist her with additionall finds.
The breadth of all that Andrea has seems endless. We still have alot of sessions to do.
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What Lies Within
Andrea M. Noel’s Multiple Eclectic Collections
For the past 2 years I have been photographing Andrea's eclectic collections in Zebulon, Georgia. I had no idea of the depth of the items when I ask her if I could photograph them. And so began an interesting discovery of the collector's world. When I have mentioned the extent of what she has accumulated I am often ask if she is a hoarder. Absolutely not! All items are categorized and neatly put away in her attic until she determines which one is to brought out for display.
Starting with bottle caps and matchbooks as a child the collections have exploded into so many different directions. There are dollhouses which have been painstakingly set up by scale, making sure that every element is correct and coordinating. There are hundreds of Barbies and dolls of all sizes.
She has items that younger people may not even be able to identify such as soap savers (from her kitchen utensil collection), wetters, corn holders and a wide assortment of shoe shine boxes. Other categories included pressed aluminum trays, bed pans, aluminum ice trays,assorted boxes,old framed photos of people that she does not know as well flattened and twisted forks and spoons and broken eyeglasses.
Andrea can see something special in each of her collections. She feels that it is a way to connect with people, past and present and of course there is always the thrill of the hunt. She searches second hand stores looking for treasures. She has friends as well as employees of the second hand stores that assist her with additionall finds.
The breadth of all that Andrea has seems endless. We still have alot of sessions to do.
BACK TO GALLERY