Thursday, May 8, 2008

Melisa Sharpe

Dysthemia by Melisa Sharpe

"Dysthemia" is part of an experiment in portraits painted with light-a technique that involves leaving the film's camera shutter open in a darkened room and selectively illuminating still subjects with flashlights. There's only me-the photographer-and the models, in a creative relationship. It's a bit of light therapy in which the couch is a stage for characters to emerge, raising questions as to whether the portraits are real or imaginary. Does some part of the model's essence shine though or is it all fantasy?

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