an unfinished collage novel
about the exquisite pain and pleasure of not fitting in

Henry James’ 1878 novella Daisy Miller – A Study in Two Parts is an example of James’ career-long struggle with his trans-Atlantic identity as a US-born Brit, and the tug-of-war between the promised freedom of America and the comfortable formality of Europe.

 

While over 100 years old, the novella is still deeply relatable: Daisy dies raging against the conformity expected of her, while Winterbourne gives up on his freedom in favor of stability. Collage seemed the perfect medium to express this uncomfortable juxtaposition of the old and the new, the free and the caged.

daisy miller

Art Direction | Dramaturgy | Illustration

Adobe Photoshop

Henry James’ 1878 novella Daisy Miller – A Study in Two Parts is an example of James’ career-long struggle with his trans-Atlantic identity as a US-born Brit, and the tug-of-war between the promised freedom of America and the comfortable formality of Europe.

 

While over 100 years old, the novella is still deeply relatable: Daisy dies raging against the conformity expected of her, while Winterbourne gives up on his freedom in favor of stability. Collage seemed the perfect medium to express this uncomfortable juxtaposition of the old and the new, the free and the caged.

daisy miller

Art Direction | Dramaturgy | Illustration

Adobe Photoshop

Henry James’ 1878 novella Daisy Miller – A Study in Two Parts is an example of James’ career-long struggle with his trans-Atlantic identity as a US-born Brit, and the tug-of-war between the promised freedom of America and the comfortable formality of Europe.

 

While over 100 years old, the novella is still deeply relatable: Daisy dies raging against the conformity expected of her, while Winterbourne gives up on his freedom in favor of stability. Collage seemed the perfect medium to express this uncomfortable juxtaposition of the old and the new, the free and the caged.

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you never call, you never write...

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