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Odette England combines a sense of the past and the present in such unexpected ways that she catches the viewer by surprise. The subtleties of her photographs grow on you over time. Her work is odd and fascinating, sprinkled with history and memory. Like a good novel, a story well told, there is a texture and a soulful richness here that is haunting in its simplicity and yet quietly disturbing.
Rhonda Schaller, Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York
England's photographs give pause for thought in the least likely locations. Each image is tempered with clues to the past, present and future circumstances that these still lives project both literally and allegorically. Her work is as subtle as the subjects she captures. In England's case, less is really more.
Laura Noble, The Photographers' Gallery, London
As with the work of Mark Rothko, in particular his Black-Form paintings, viewers must comb and scrutinize Odette England’s work to begin to understand it. This introduces an element of duration and awareness into the process of perception. In this way, her images become more than patterns on a surface, but, rather, abstractions of childhood events transformed into a perceptual theory.
Professor Boris M. Velichkovsky, Dresden University of Technology, Germany