It's hard not to think of the strange murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the six-year-old beauty contestant, when looking at the photographs of Australian artist Polixeni Papapetrou.
Surreal portraits of children are nothing new, of course. Most recently, Loretta Lux attracted a great deal of attention for her eerie images of children who appear isolated in their own worlds.
Papapetrou's series Haunted Country, however, will open at Foley on September 14, on the heels of John Mark Karr's false confession to JonBenét Ramsey's 1996 murder. The photographs depict the harrowing theme of children who are lost in the Australian bush.
Above: Hanging Rock 1900 #2, 2006
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