HEROES : WARHOL AND AVEDON WOULD ONLY PHOTOGRAPH THE RICH & FAMOUS. FOR ME, IT'S THE OPPOSITE. EVERYONE ELSE IS A HERO, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WOULD NEVER LOOK TO BE FAMOUS. IT'S OUR FATHERS WHO WORK FOR 25 YEARS AT A DEAD-END JOB TO SUPPORT US. IT IS OUR MOTHERS WHO LOVE AND SPOIL US, DO LAUNDRY, MAKE BEDS, COOK, CLEAN, SHOP, ORGANIZE OUR LIVES, CLEAN OUR HOUSE EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES, AND WHO PUT THEIR DREAMS ON HOLD DURING THEIR PRIME YEARS TO RAISE US. THESE ARE THE INVISIBLE, THE ANONYMOUS, EVERYDAY AND HIDDEN HEROES.

Strodl’s faces embody more than anonymity, they become symbols of our classic class struggles, standing in for the countless forgotten who live at the margins. They remind us how the powerless are erased, how the poor and voiceless vanish into the background of history as a mermer.

The anonymity in his work is not emptiness but indictment. It is a testament against greed itself, a warning of its inevitable downfalls: how it corrodes dignity, devours families, communities, destroys pride, and leaves only hollow outlines where once there were lives.