Intriguing Hotel Room Portraits Imagine the Private World of Strangers

© Robyn Stacey Room 2015 Pullman Hyde Park, Brielle from Guest Relations, 2013. Type C print, 100 x 128cm, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 13 Cartwright, Michael and Katherine from Guest Relations, 2013. Type C print, 100 x 133cm, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

It is easy to get lost in big cities. How do we see each other, really, amidst the trains and cars and smog and endless skyscrapers? Australian Photographer Robyn Stacey’s images from Guest Relations attempts to “imagine other people’s private worlds.” Her compositions are at once highly stylized, voyeuristic, and compassionate. The mystery that is each one of our own private lives remains, as she takes a very private—and public—glimpse of worlds within the setting of a single hotel room.

© Robyn Stacey Room 14 Cartwright, Ocean from Guest Relations, 2013. Type C print, 100 x 135cm, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 1306 Mercure Potts Point, Jodi from Guest Relations, 2013. Type C print, 100 x 133cm, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 1817 Sofitel Brisbane, Jade from Guest Relations, 2014. Type C print, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 2212 Sofitel Brisbane, Lesley from Guest Relations, 2014. Type C print, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 3601 Sofitel on Collins, Mr. Hoey from Guest Relations, 2013. Type C print, 135 x 100cm, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 2016 Shangri-la, Courtney from Guest Relations, 2013. Type C print, 133 x 100cm, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 2212 Sofitel Brisbane, Wanda from Guest Relations, 2014. Type C print, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 2418 Marriott Brisbane, Mess from Guest Relations, 2014. Type C print, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 4821 Sofitel on Collins, Chris from Guest Relations, 2013. Type C print, 127 x 100cm, edition of 5. Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

© Robyn Stacey Room 14 Cartwright, Harbour from Guest Relations, 2013. Type C print, 100 x 146cm, edition of 5.
Image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney.

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