20x200 edition-maker and Fall 2007 Hot Shot Colin Blakely, sent us word of a new series, The Histories Beneath, which captures quiet moments inside his family's life and home. The textures and physical layers of walls and windows are humble narration to a family story, told from a distance. His young child is caught--naked--with a popsicle streak running down the toddler's chest, a family photo falls crooked within a frame, and electrical wires hang loose in an unfinished bathroom.

Blakely writes,

This series externalizes a tumultuous year in the life of my family. Our lives are surrounded with facades we put in place for the benefit of others. Yet these shells we create are ultimately fragile, and in time reveal their cracks. In these cracks we see that there are always histories beneath.

See additional images from The Histories Beneath on Colin's site and buy his work on 20x200 (edition of 2 remaining for $2000):

Recollection of the Battles Fought Maintaining the Home Front
The Seeming Impenetrability of the Space Between