Portraits 2015 opening reception/The Center for Fine Art Photography, Inc. 400 North College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524
/6th February 2016
Creators:
Orcutt, Elizabeth
Abstract / Summary:
The portrait is made within a rapidly shifting cultural and artistic context. The very nature of the meaning of identity is also deeply questioned—not just its representation but also its authenticity. Nowhere else is this better witnessed that in contemporary photography. One of 50 images selected from 3,000, with curator mention,
"That said, some of the stand-out photographs, for me, were those that seemed to defy convention, those that made me look and look again, and those that I could not remove from my mind’s eye once viewed. I was particularly impressed by “Women of War” (Sebastiano Tomada), “Untitled” (Sharron Diedrichs), “Jacek Z.” (Sebastian Holzknecht) and “Mother Series No. 4 (Self-Portrait)” (Elizabeth Orcutt) amongst others." Debra Klomp Ching