Yielding to fascination means overcoming the habit of using found images, of consciously manipulating and controlling them. I resist subordinating the image to any concept or legible use. My aim is to free it, to let it reveal itself from behind the cloak of familiarity.
- John Stezaker
Détournement à la John Stezaker.
This project was derived from a critical theory reading, in which I reappropriated themes present in conceptual artist, John Stezaker's Mask series. I collaborated with a fellow designer to photograph anonymous scenes from various films - an appropriation within an appropriation. The resulting collages are architectural compliments to the models’ features.
All portraiture is original.
