Tuesday, July 12, 2011

"Masquerade"


Three boys in Rajastan.

"Masquerade" 2009.
"Portraits and fashion shots commissioned by magazines
defaced with shells collected on the Bay of Biscay.
There’s an unavoidable sense of a lively pun
at play here between the calcareous artifact of marine life
with the living skull. A playful attempt to undermine pomposity and vanity,
an homage to Marcel Duchamp's mustached Mona Lisa."

Image from Ivan Terestchenko Photography from the book Cut and Paste by Richard Brereton.

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