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DAY 325 | PORTRAITS |
Painterly Lighting
POSSESSION: SNAKE
Before graduating from college, I had been on a long three-year search to find my final chosen specialist area of photography. This image is taken from my final award-winning degree show and made my mind up for me. It was exhibited with 19 other life-sized framed Possession portraits in England and Germany in 1992.
The whole series was inspired by the paintings of Rembrandt and utilizes a lighting style that is aptly named after him. After posting on-campus ads requesting subjects and their interesting possessions, I photographed over 100 people at half-hourly intervals over the course ...
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