Introducing a new photo series, “Monsters.”
In December 2012, New York’s Museum of Modern Art invited visitors to step in front of Philip Worthington’s “Shadow Monsters” installation, a white screen that projected their silhouettes onto the Moma Atrium walls, turning them into crazy monsters and animals.
While the projections were charming, I was more interested in the way visitors twisted and contorted their bodies and faces before dozens of watching museum-goers, a study in body language, dance, theater, and self-consciousness.
See the entire series on my portfolio site.
Wow! I loved these…one can make up a whole story of each participant from their poses.
Quite interesting idea. And of course very well done.
I think (but I’m still hesitating) that the approach with a simple white background is the one I like best. The way people a softly lit from behind; fascinating that while/because most of their facial expressions remain invisible, their body language does all the talking. Enough to recognise and enjoy a pretty wide variety of personnalities.
In the same spirit somehow as the AMNH series.
These are really beautiful images. Cool to see how the people who posed . . .posed. I can’t believe how great the light and shadow were captured. Color is awesome too. Besides a great idea really great execution.
Awesome, I love the poses!