Sunday, October 23, 2011

Ulric Collette

Ulric Collette is a (mostly) portrait photographer from France, creating odd tableau (ha!) photographs that are comparable to those of Leibovitz, except his are not as grandeur or crazy as hers. His portfolio feels like it's composed of commissioned work (and the bottom of his site says he is available for that), but there's this too-artsy feel to it as well. One of my favorites/one of the more interesting portraits is this oddity from this portfolio:He also did a series titled, "Disembodied Body," which is, well, as odd as the title would lead you to believe. The few photos on his official site from the series display clothes, some still hanging from the hanger, some crumpled on the ground, with the appropriate body parts sticking out from sleeves.
Shown is his "Genetic Portraits" series, which are, as you can assume, of family members, sliced in half, and sewn back together to compare/contrast them, as well as to show the biological/genetic connection between them.

Daughter/Father

Mother/Daughter
Sister/Sister
Daughter/Mother

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