ICONS
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.88 (546 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1945649062 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-07-13 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She deliberately eschews Photoshop in favor of in-camera capture on film. Through costuming and exaggerated expressions, Day toys with the truth of who and what she portrays. ICONS is a series of 100 semi-fictionalized portraits of LA’seccentric personalities.Parker Day is a Los Angeles based artist whose work explores identity and the masks we wear. Lurid color bathes her work and heightens the surreality of her subjects while the grain and grit of the photographs make them palpably real.
Lurid color bathes her work and heightens the surreality of her subjects while the grain and grit of the photographs make them palpably real. . She deliberately eschews Photoshop in favor of in-camera capture on film. Parker Day is a Los Angeles based artist whose work explores identity and the masks we wear. Through costuming and exaggerated e
"For each lollipop, teddy bear, or rose-colored hair bow, there is a dead-eyed facial expression or a mouth full of messed-up teeth." -- The New Yorker"A variety of grotesque and decadent images of club kids, internet stars and self-professed freaks." -- Vogue Italia"We can't look away." -- VICE