January 30, 2007
Virgin Series: Sarah A. Martin
http://sarahamartin.com/portfolio/virgin_one/
Artist's Statement: http://sarahamartin.com/portfolio/virgin_one/statement.asp
>also:
JC: ... I am curious about how your models - who are models for their own photo series and your old friends - reacted to your work, to you taking photos of them. How did you explain to them what your interest was?
SM:That's a good question. What I love the most about photography is the act of collaboration in portraiture. The people I photograph always have better ideas for picture making than I do. When I was making the portrait diptychs "For My Parents, For My Boyfriend", I asked each girl to pick what she would wear for each portrait, where she wanted the photograph taken, how she would pose, etc. I was clear that one portrait could be used to represent both the parent and boyfriend portrait, however, each girl photographed, chose two separate images. It became interesting for me to see how each girl wanted to present themselves to please each anticipated audience.
>more from A Conversation with Sarah Martin:
http://www.jmcolberg.com/weblog/archives/002494.html
Posted by Stubbornson at January 30, 2007 05:36 AM