Junk drawers, personal space, and personality
Paho Mann
2001
Junk Drawer, Albuquerque NM
22.5 × 27 Inch Archival Inkjet Print
Paho Mann’s photographs of Junk Drawers & Medicine Cabinets “force the viewer to contend with the natural desire of humans to collect, categorize, and by doing so, manage to give clues about their personality and identity.”
Indeed: Sam Gosling’s personality psychology of everyday life reveals the physical manifestations of our personality. Your room, office, and desk are clues to your personality.
Gosling, S. D., Ko, S. J., Mannarelli, T., & Morris, M. E. (2002). A Room with a cue: Judgments of personality based on offices and bedrooms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 82, 379-398.
