The Dollhouse

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The Dollhouse is a playful exploration of escapism, fantasy, play, and borders. The photographic series explores borders, especially: borders between miniature and life-size, inside and outside, escapism and reality, and the photographic and the real.

A red-haired woman sits outside, looking outwards as her hands and head rest upon a red-roofed dollhouse filled with colorful, miniature furniture of all sorts

Isabelle Carroll, from The Dollhouse series, 2021, digital photograph

A blonde woman in a yellow sweater is outside, throwing apples up into the air. They are frozen next to her in the photograph. On top of the photograph, a miniature pair of golden scissors sits, looking as if it is about to cut one of the apples.

Isabelle Carroll, from The Dollhouse series, 2021, digital photograph

A red-haired woman peers through the window of a blue-walled dollhouse from the outside. Only her eye and a portion of her nose are visible. Below her, in the dollhouse, a doll sleeps in a bed.

Isabelle Carroll, from The Dollhouse series, 2021, digital photograph

An upside down doll head and a miniature pair of scissors float over a background of a pair of scissors and cut hair

Isabelle Carroll, from The Dollhouse series, 2021, digital photograph

Miniature silverwear and apples float above a background of a halfway open silverwear drawer and a tiled linoleum floor

Isabelle Carroll, from The Dollhouse series, 2021, digital photograph

Sunlight filters through the window of a dollhouse onto a miniature yellow bed and wooden desk.

Isabelle Carroll, from The Dollhouse series, 2021, digital photograph

A miniature bathroom with teal-blue walls, a porcelain toilet and sink, and green washing machine.