Role_Play@NVG_International

Role Play: Portrait Photography - NGV INternational 25Oct-6Apirl 08

so like..i walk in..and the first photo i see is 'The Cook' one of the pictures from the series The Resemblance, taken by ANNE ZAHAKLA.i was just like, ok i love this already.white walls & low level lighting created a calm quiet and mysterious mood which really emphasised alot of the mysitey from all the black & white and colour portraits.there were photographers from 1850 up till today with many known photographers like Cindy Sherman, August Sander and of course Anne Zahakla.

taken from the website..

Portrait photography is a complex and fascinating area of photographic practice that, at its heart, has a dynamic process of collaboration between the sitter, the viewer and the camera operator. In this exhibition, a provocative interchange between historical and contemporary photography has been created to suggest how photographers work to construct, question or reflect the notion of ‘role playing’.

Role Play contains three broad thematic groupings, namely allegorical portraiture (H.P Robinson, Julia Margaret Cameron, Cindy Sherman, William Wegman, Rose Farrell and George Parkin); portraits that either typecast or question social roles (August Sander, Edweard Muybridge, Anne Ferran); and theatrical photographs in which the sitter acts a role, (including G.B Poletto’s wardrobe photographs of Ava Gardner in On the Beach).

there was another room that we went to, i forgot the name..but there was 3 dresses designed and made by Hussein Chalayan, a designer from London, which were showcased in the spring/summer collection entitled Ventriloquy @ London Fashion week 2001.difnialty as the highlight of the day ahahaa.


its free entry so i highly recomndyou to go check it out.alot different stuff, but i guess thats what photographys about.

mwa