Barbara Davatz As Time Goes Author:Barbara Davatz, Nicole Muller, Sigrid Pallmert Essays by Nicole Mller, Sigrid Pallmert, and Patrick Frey. In 1982, in front of a nondescript backdrop in an anonymous studio, Barbara Davatz photographed twelve young couples in formal poses, looking straight at the camera. They are lovers, close friends, relatives, or co-workers. In 1988, and then again in 1997, she renewed contact with her... more » subjects, and produced an unflinching documentation of the continuity or change in their lives, and of the metamorphoses in their self-perception and personal style. According to Davatz "every picture is the record of a relationship; the sum of the pictures is a record of time." Davatz's direct approach to these simple portraits belies their curious power that moves us to wonder about the lives between these checkpoint years.« less