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I started using photographic masks in the mid 1980's. I was one of the first photographers to use this technique in a large body of work. People wear photographs of other peoples faces and are then photographed. The masks are flat. A photograph of a face is pasted onto cardboard and then cut out around the face. It is supported infront of the face of the subject using glasses and polystyrene and selotape. The photographs are then taken "straight", so these images are not montages. One of my photographs shows the ideas of what is happening see IMPLANTATION. In the series "A Rakes Progress" (1986) I used my own face to make the masks. In the series Love Scenes (1988) I used masks made from the faces of dolls - Barbie Doll, Ken and He-Man. |