2014

A Thing of Beauty

Lambda C-Print
(L) – 80 x 120 cm

[EN]
‘A Thing of Beauty’ plays with our interpretation and expectance of beauty. The setting the model is photographed in refers to common visual styles in advertising photography. Within this commercial photography setting where we’d normally expect to see a professional model, we stumble upon a unexpected face. Instead of the sleek perfection which is usually strived for in the advertising world, the physique of the male model we see here is representative of a distinct human vulnerability. From the birthmarks that cover the righthand side of his body to the difference in the size of his pupils: beauty is coming from an unexpected place here.

[NL]
In ‘A Thing of Beauty’ wordt er gespeeld met onze verwachting van schoonheid. De setting waarin het model gefotografeerd is, refereert naar de reclame fotografie. In een omgeving waar we normaliter een professioneel model zouden zien schitteren, komen we nu een onverwacht gezicht tegen. Waar binnen de commerciële fotografie doorgaans een gelikte perfectie wordt nagestreefd, verraad het uiterlijk van de jongen die we hier zien juist een menselijke kwetsbaarheid. Van de moedervlekjes die de rechterzijde van zijn lichaam bedekken tot het verschil in de grootte van zijn pupillen: schoonheid komt hier vanuit een onverwachtse hoek.

A thing of Beauty, 2014




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