One photographer who definitely has a future is Alex Prager, a young Los Angeleno who makes staged
color photographs of women that synthesize the influences of Cindy Sherman, Philip - Lorca diCorcia and Douglas Sirk.
And, subtlely, the eyes manufactured for use in Hindu temples arranged by Indian artist Anita Dube «River Disease (Version 2),» a wall piece that could be a depiction of a river, but also looks like a hand or a claw connected in odd fashion with the eyes in Laurie Simmons» «How We See / Edie (Green),» a large
color photograph of a woman with eyes painted on her eyelids.
Not exact matches
Photographs include
women of color, appropriate for the intended audience
of mothers belonging to cultural or economic groups with low breastfeeding rates.
Any artist will tell you that sometimes in art «less is more»; a little doodle
of a nude is much more beautiful than a full -
color 3 - D
photograph of a naked
woman.
Only a handful
of women of color and plus size
women have managed to break into the industry and are able to attend, which in turn limits the pool
of people who get
photographed.
Did you know: in a research study, men were asked to rate
photographs of women in different
colors and
women in red were consistently rated more attractive?
In the above mentioned study, male undergraduates were shown
photographs of young adult
women with some wearing the
color red and others wearing the
color green.
But could wearing the
color of passion in an online dating profile
photograph increase a
woman's chances
of being contacted by a would - be suitor?
And
of vital importance, the researchers selected
women who posted
color photographs displaying their faces as well as their clothed chests.
Certain genres adhere to guidelines when presenting books, such as harlequin romances and their buff, bare - chested men and scantily - clad
women; how - to books often showcase high quality, full
color photographs of the project within the book.
With more than 200 paintings, sculptures, installations, drawings,
photographs, ephemera, and films, the show reveals a scene that was much more diverse than has previously been acknowledged, with
women and artists
of color playing major roles.
A pioneer
of conceptual photography, Laurie Simmons is at work on a new series
of staged compositions using images
of online porn that refer to
photographs she made 25 years ago
of women in
color - coordinated domestic interiors.
Judith Linhares» oil paintings
of dreamy female nudes are also intensely
colored, but they relate in an unexpected and intimate way to a pair
of black and white
photographs by Rory Mulligan showing a torso
of a
woman and the back
of a man gazing at a night sky.
Washington first
photographs black
women in heroic and empowering poses in her studio then paints over the prints with bright
colors reminiscent
of 90s hip - hop culture, palettes evident in television shows like In Living
Color, or Martin.
Howard Greenberg Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition centered on the theme
of women, a subject often visited by Saul Leiter throughout his career in his
color, black and white and painted
photographs.
These horizontal
color photographs depict closely cropped images
of reclining
women — a format that references the erotic centerfolds
of men's magazines.
In Conversation I and Conversation II, Mr. Phillips superimposes patterns from artist Albert Oehlen's series Computer Paintings and bands
of color over
photographs of nude
women that he had
photographed in racecars for a project in Playboy magazine.
This exhibition will include four works: a Giacometti painted bronze sculpture, Standing
Woman, 1948; a large Mark di Suvero sculpture in metal and wood, entitled The A Train, 1966; a large - scale
color photograph by Jeff Wall, A ventriloquist at a birthday party in October 1947, 1990; and a suite
of seven carved wood sculptures by the American folk artist Edgar Tolson, entitled The Fall
of Man.
Since 1952 the African American weekly has published full - page
photographs depicting
women of color in either bikinis or one - piece swimsuits accompanied by their name, city
of residence, occupation, hobbies, and, often, physical measurements.
Jeffrey Stockbridge's first solo exhibition at the gallery coincides with the publication
of his book by the same name, and features several large format
color photographs (shot with a 4 × 5 film camera)
of men and
women caught in the grip
of drug addiction and prostitution along Kensington Avenue in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The 20 large - scale
color photographs in the exhibition present a satirical, darkly humorous view
of women, fashion, and commodification today.
On the whole, these
photographs are quieter and more subdued than Thomas's in terms
of color and composition — for example, Frasier's «Grandma Ruby Holding her Babies,» a black - and - white
photograph of an elderly
woman in a nightgown holding dolls.
I count 15
women (23 %) and just 2 people
of color (3 % — although it is difficult to tell who might consider themselves a person
of color just from a
photograph).