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Tophat

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Raven Willis

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……….In each photograph, there is a distinctly decorated mannequin, which was created by myself for an installation project. Each of these mannequins creates a symbol around the themes of a woman’s body and gender norms.

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Final Option 1

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The model’s interactions give these symbols a new layer. Furthermore, the interactions tell a story throughout the shoot: is she embracing the mannequin, defeating it, resenting it, or using it?

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Stand and Kneel

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Sitting Down

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The juxtaposition of the model and the mannequin brings up the question of our current beauty standards – which travels much farther from the face. The model’s body type is not the same as the mannequins; however, she is still beautiful, sexy and confident and comes off this way in the images.

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2 Chiekos

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It is actually the mannequins that suffer from no head, legs or arms and sometimes look bruised and wounded. The end product is that, in addition to the mannequins, the model is also interacting with herself – which brings in a dialogue of reflection and scrutiny of one’s self and one’s body.

About The Author: is a candidate for B.A. in Economics, Urban Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Class of 2012 – Copyright 2011

Tree

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Opening Reception: Friday, December 16th, 2011 – 5:30 to 7:30
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The Print Center
1614 Latimer Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19103
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Dirt

To learn more about Robert Asman’s work log on: www.Alchemy-Ink.com

Yang Hu

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Yang Hu

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………My age is misleading – as a graduating senior in the college, I always think I’m a 5-year-old at heart. I like stuffed animals, bright colors, and cartoons which appear in children’s rooms; I love zoos, toy stores, and amusement parks that are filled with kids. My stress reliever is not heavy metal hits, but many children’s songs I learned 15 years ago.

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Yang Hu

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For the second assignment, my initial ideas were to shoot a toy store or to shoot my stuffed animals in different places. A toy store could be restrictive in terms of composition, while the second idea had appeared in previous students’ works. TW told me great photographers present photographs that people have never seen before. Following his suggestion, I went to the Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park. I was the only visitor on that day who did not come with a child, and I got awarded a sticker for how special I was. The whole museum is full of fresh colors squeezed from the color tubes and expressive shapes presented in different installations. I felt like a lost child finally back at home at the museum, and the camera in hand gave me a powerful tool to build a wonderland in my head. High speed film released me from the tripod, and at the same time made the shooting process more tangible. I felt the weight of the camera when I exposed a frame, and therefore became more careful about every exposure. Indoor settings were a challenge, but the objects in the pictures coming out of the darkroom seemed to have a magical glow. This reminded me of what Susan Sontag once said: “so successful has been the camera’s role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful.”

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Self-Portrait by Yang Hu

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I want to own a carrousel in the future.

About The Author: Yang Hu is a senior enrolled in the College of the University of Pennsylvania. Class of 2012

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Posted on August 26, 2011

Um Cha Com Deus

Posted on August 10, 2011

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……….Ferruccio Nobile Migliore was born in Sicily in 1967. At the age of 17 (1984), he moved to Rome, Italy where he studied Theater, Stage Design and Painting with M° P.Verrusio and V.De Vivo. Since 1989, he has been involved in the creation of set and stage decorations for Television (BBC) – but mostly costumes for Dance Pieces and Operas (Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” – Basel 1996). Ferruccio has produced eleven one person exhibitions of drawings, that traveled all over Italy. For the past seven years he discontinued exhibiting to produce a series of drawings on paper – while researching body painting and photography. A book is soon to be published of his extensive body of work.

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Gattina e Topoloni

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The 4 Cardinals

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Nettificazioni

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Pesciolini

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Queen of Clubs

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Farfalle

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Ferruccio Nobile Migilore

Editor’s Note: To learn more about the art work of Feruccio Nobile Migliore, log on to www.FerruccioNobile.com.