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29-JUL-2015

Actress, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Chautauqua, New York, 2015

At first glance, this photograph offers a candid portrait of a person whose mind seems to be elsewhere at the moment. She also appears to be incongruously lost amidst a sea of leaves that fills the frame. Everything changes, however, when I add additional context. My image is actually a photograph of a photograph. The subject is an actress, featured on an advertising poster on the front porch of Chautauqua’s Bratton Theatre, where she performs. By obscuring much of the poster and photographing the subject out of its normal context, I am able to change meaning entirely, and open the image to further interpretation. I convert my photo to black and white, covering much of the poster with leaves. I also place the subject in the lower left hand corner, where she seems to be trying to turn away and flee from the frame.

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Phil Douglis10-Nov-2015 20:39
It almost fools me as well, Iris. When I look at the image, I feel as if I am looking at photo of an actual person, even though I know she is just a face on a poster. The leaves surrounding the face seem to camouflage the poster itself. We are left with a closeup view of a woman framed in leaves.
Iris Maybloom (irislm)10-Nov-2015 00:52
It works! You fooled me!
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