Shadow Portraits
‘M’as -Tu Vue’ by Sophie Calle has arrived today – a book that I’ve been meaning to get for a long time. Her work fascinates me, she’s nosey and quirky, a brilliant combination.
I’ve been busy remaking Tom’s shadow portrait with old curtain material, it looks like a silky jacquard textile. A cut out in material is floppy (of course) and folds up well so I thought maybe it could go in a box. These photos are so simple but they’re kind of interesting in their own right (thanks for your input David Minton) I hadn’t really seen it that way before.
Other people’s impressions of the previous photos have been an eye opener. At this point in time feedback is absolutely critical to me and much appreciated.
I have to identify what is important about this project, or else it’s likely to go off at a tangent. Is that a good thing? After all, these are self imposed restrictions. Without these rules the project could go on and on and I’m eager to wrap it up. And I don’t want to be a bore.
It’s moved on now from simply being shadow portraits since involving the confessional aspect. Making these kind of decisions are crazy difficult, there’s no right or wrong.
