In The Footsteps of....
This portfolio is an extension of an ongoing project where I use myself to portray various fictional characters. Previously, these characters were incubated in my imagination, perhaps influenced by the image of a model in a magazine, a piece of music, artwork, or a film. For this project, I decided to choose images from photographers who have influenced and inspired me. Recreating them exactly was not my intent. I hoped to make a new piece, just as intriguing, perhaps reminiscent of that photographer, but with my vision.
It is obvious that I have chosen women at various ages and some appear more like my actual self than others. But, in almost all of the images, I have done minor to extensive manipulation of the faces and sometimes other parts of the body. Underlying everything, I feel that my view of visual perfection in the body takes precedence over reality. I create what I want to see.