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Portrait photography
Artistic portrait photography goes far beyond that of a simple likeness or physical representation of a model. It can be a representation of a personality, or an expression that a photographer wishes to give. In terms of poses and expressions, photographic expectations vary from photographer to photographer. Either the poses sought involve the escape of a collaboration with a model, or the photograph is the result of serendipity and the instant capture of an expression. Other elements complete the treatment of the portrait: the play of light, make-up and hair, staging, imaginations, perceptions, narrations, conceptions...
No Matter Upside down No Matter Upside down
The water blurs our senses and renders the body unrecognisable, thereforeleaving us the only master of its identity. The water blurs our senses and...
From 925.07 CHF AvailableLip sync for your life - Queen Ava Lip sync for your life - Queen Ava
The poise and confidence that this Drag Queen brings to the fore in this portrait highlights the derisory nature of the notion of gender. The confidence she shows in presenting herself as a woman undermines the theory of an all-male or all-female gender. The poise and confidence that this...
From 693.80 CHF AvailableUnder your skin - The mask Under your skin - The mask
The title and the framing of this image automatically send us back to the mask, we discover there the bases of the make-up of a Drag Queen which seems far from the very feminine image we make of it, it brings us back to a theatre stage make-up and then poses the notion of play. The title and the framing of this...
From 693.80 CHF AvailableLip sync for your life - On stage Lip sync for your life - On stage
The appearance of this character who "eats" the image and finds himself completely immersed in the frame, shows us someone neutral. The appearance of this character who...
From 555.04 CHF AvailableUnder your skin - Be ready Under your skin - Be ready
Colour is the main element in the construction of this image that plunges us inside the face, the eye attracts us as much by its colour as by its empty gaze. Colour is the main element in the...
From 555.04 CHF AvailableLip sync for your life - Show must go on Lip sync for your life - Show must go on
The very theatrical character of this image refers particularly to the stage and the way one decides to show oneself to others. The softness of the light that falls on the person and the way in which the person takes hold of it refers to emancipation and self-acceptance. The very theatrical character of this...
From 925.07 CHF AvailablePrivacy - Under your skin Privacy - Under your skin
The metaphor of black acts here almost like a monster that swallows its prey, but colour adopts the role of light emerging from the shadows and illuminating the face and the image. The metaphor of black acts here...
From 925.07 CHF AvailableRetour au Carnaval, “Mardi Gras Skeleton Bride” Retour au Carnaval, “Mardi Gras Skeleton...
Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans is well-known and attracts many visitors, but locals also put forward their artistic take on masking. Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of...
From 925.07 CHF AvailableRetour au Carnaval, “Indian Papoose” Retour au Carnaval, “Indian Papoose”
In New Orleans, far away from the famous French Quarter and the Uptown floats, the Mardi Gras Indians are a group of African-Americans whose tradition honors the Native Americans who protected escaped slaves in the 1800s. In New Orleans, far away from the...
From 925.07 CHF AvailableRetour au Carnaval, “Death on Corrugated Metal” Retour au Carnaval, “Death on Corrugated...
One of the characters in the traditional Slovenian Carnaval, Death helps in the effort to capture young children and teenagers in each village and brings them to be pelted with ash by the Ugly Ones (Ta Grdi). One of the characters in the...
From 925.07 CHF AvailableA Flower in the Mouth, "Le Pitre" A Flower in the Mouth, "Le Pitre"
One of the participants of the Carnaval procession in downtown Recife. One of the participants of the...
From 925.07 CHF AvailableA Flower in the Mouth, "Zé Bonitinho" A Flower in the Mouth, "Zé Bonitinho"
This man dresses every year of Carnaval as Zé Bonitinho, a famous character from a Brazilian soap opera, during the preparations for the Galo de Madrugada, one of the largest yearly Carnaval parades in Recife, Brazil. This man dresses every year of...
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![A Flower in the Mouth, "Le Pitre"](https://www.audacieuse-galerie.ch/photographie-artistique/666-home_default/a-flower-in-the-mouth-le-pitre.jpg "A Flower in the Mouth, "Le Pitre"")
![A Flower in the Mouth, "Zé Bonitinho"](https://www.audacieuse-galerie.ch/photographie-artistique/663-home_default/a-flower-in-the-mouth-ze-bonitinho.jpg "A Flower in the Mouth, "Zé Bonitinho"")