Richard Tuschman has many incredible technical choices in this series of photographs inspired by Edward Hopper paintings. Tuschman had a vision of creating these elaborate sets drawing influence from dollhouse-themed dioramas with live models. He painted the sets themselves and also made some of the props. This aspect is very impressive to me because before he could even make each photo, he had to work very hard towards creating each scene. The amount of all-around technical skills across several mediums while still managing to create a successful photograph, is very difficult to achieve. The fact that the other mediums didn't take any focus away from the story and intent is very important to the overall incredible creation of Tuschman. He also composed light in a very dramatic way, which adds a whole new, necessary layer in this story.
I believe Tuschman's conceptual intentions are to create a story about a lonely housewife back in different times. One comes to the conclusion of it being in a different time due to the clothing, prop designs, and room decorations. The woman in these images appears to be very lonely and sad through the visual hints of often being in different rooms of the house alone and when her husband is home, they are not spending time together. The man seems to be ignoring her and she seems to be trying to make herself visually appealing to get his attention. She does this by being all dressed up or completely dressed down and having her hair done at all times. This appears to be the story of a progressively failing relationship sadly. However, the artist is achieving this story line incredibly well through all of his technical and conceptual decisions.
I find this project by Richard Tuschman to have been executed perfectly and it definitely shows his hard work towards receiving the much deserved first place prize in The Center Awards. I can always admire someone that works extremely hard to achieve a something that was merely a vision in their creative mind, and watching it grow into something that got the recognition it is entitled to. This set of images is very powerful in the sense that it framed a beautifully composed set and well-told story. Everything was well thought out multiple times and it is noticeable. This may be one of my new favorite series to date. I am a sucker for photographs that draw inspiration from other famous artists, and in this case, painters. Edward Hopper's realist visions and Rembrandt's baroque, incredibly prominent chiaroscuro lighting styles were not let down in this re-amped, modern-day take on their visions.
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