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Stephen Rusk

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    • What Does a Neutral Face Mean?
    • Does a Portrait Need a Face?
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Silhouettes

This series inverts classic approaches to portraiture, omitting the face and removing light. A traditional portrait might remind us of what we already believe about a person (think of a portrait of Queen Elizabeth and how it might be influenced by confirmation bias) or it can remind us of how little we actually know about a stranger (think of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring). If, instead, our view of a person is limited to certain aspects of body language, do we learn any less compared to regarding their face?

Contemporary Dancer
Flamenco Dancer
Ballet
Contemporary Dancer
Contemporary Dancer
Flamenco Dancer Savannah Fuentes Silhouette
Flamenco Dancer Savannah Fuentes Silhouette
Contemporary Dancer

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