Saturday, May 23, 2015

Desire & Disgust (redux, 2015): #7


Brooklyn based photographer, Emily Arny Long, wanted to investigate the romantic portrayal, yet "uselessness", of the celebrity.
 
Her ongoing work is a meditation on, and a realization of, the beauty of decay and of impermanence - often through the use of plants and tactile objects. She uses photography to deconstruct space and scale and also creates sculptural objects including assembling remarkable books.
 
So, she constructed and photographed her kate with surrounds – using a limbless barbie doll, flora and pieces of photographs amongst other artifacts - to look beyond just the frame and snippet we are given. All under the spotlight, with a guiding hand ...

For more of Emily’s creations, visit www.emilyarnylong.com

Just like the SVA students ... Observe. Slow Down. Shoot. Submit.

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