Constructed Portraits
In Constructed Portraits I sculpt new forms of female-presenting bodies in order to examine the optics of beauty in representation. Layering photographic material, the labor of my own hand, and technology– including the use of AI modeling, I bring the work from an array of sources to a pigment print.
In dialogue with my past work, I continue to examine the optics of feminine beauty and and call into question the veracity of the photographic image. The subjects in this work appear to know they are being photographed. In repose, they seem to have an understanding that the moment is important and permanent. One can also detect self-conciousness and an underlying sexual energy. However, neither a person nor a moment is preserved in these images.
In dialogue with my past work, I continue to examine the optics of feminine beauty and and call into question the veracity of the photographic image. The subjects in this work appear to know they are being photographed. In repose, they seem to have an understanding that the moment is important and permanent. One can also detect self-conciousness and an underlying sexual energy. However, neither a person nor a moment is preserved in these images.