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Bettie 46 - Limited Edition 1 of 10 Photograph

Michael Nott

United States

Photography, Digital on Paper

Size: 44 W x 44 H x 1 D in

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About The Artwork

The images in the Bettie series are a recurrent part of my experience while photographing on the street. Each time I pass this dress shop, in particular, I always stop to take a few pictures of the mannequins in the window. Each visit is different: the lighting changes, the costumes change, creating, for me, a fascinating variety of compositions – imagery that compels me to return again and again to this subject. Taking photos in shop windows is a refined strategy of street photographers – from Eugène Atget to Lee Friedlander. The photographer employs a methodology to reveal, in multidimensionality, the psycho-perceptual experience of the modern city. The vintage mannequins in my photos appear to view urban life passing before them with a detached gaze. The flat photographic image is animated by building overlapping layers — reflections, transparencies and architectural detail. Unexpected juxtapositions, especially of foreground and background elements, give way to abstract fragments. Rendered in graphic black & white, the archetypal beauty of these period faces blur historical context. This is a series of portraits in which mute plaster sex symbols speak volumes about their role as fashionistisas and our own voguish, obsessive desires.

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Photography:Digital on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:44 W x 44 H x 1 D in

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I take pictures in public spaces. embracing chance encounters and random incidents. My photography developed naturally by way of recording the vibrancy of downtown Nashville. These are photos documenting the passionate energy of live music being played, from the streets to the stages. I am impassioned by the unexpected, haphazard multitude of things that can pop up in a picture - neon signs, buildings, random people - all colliding in a rush of activity. I began my art career in Austin, Texas as a graphic artist. My work appears in a number of poster retrospectives from that era, including the books, The Art of Rock (1987, Abbeville Press) and Homegrown (2015,Texas Monthly Press). During that same time I was privileged to study photography under the legendary Garry Winogrand who made a profound impression on me through his philosophy of photography. My early work in music and street art has come full circle and found it’s place in my current work in street photography, capturing the zeitgeist of this remarkable time and place in Nashville.

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