My Quiet of Gold

Kyrgyzstan is a country with a strong tradition of storytelling where folk tales are part of everyday life. In their second series My Quiet of Gold, Cooper & Gorfer approached the culture by allowing the people they met to stage and reenact their own stories. Women’s destinies are described via the re-enactment of Kyrgyz mythical figures, mirroring the often unpleasant stories of the protagonists themselves, as well as referencing censored historical tragedies. Indicative of staged photography the images area narrated with a seductive aesthetic and a fertile mix of fact and fiction.