"As with the portraits in the previous installments of this series I have focused on the talented, dedicated, and creative people who have made significant contributions to the art, character, and culture of this city and state - in this case a playwright, a musician, a journalist, an actor, and a visual artist. My aspirations have remained the same: to document the contemporary cultural landscape"
"and to produce a decent photograph - a photograph that acknowledges the medium's allegiance to reality and that preserves for myself and others a unique and honest sense of the subject. The environmental details have been kept to a minimum. The subjects have the frame to themselves and do not compete with context for attention. This provides for a simpler, blunter, more intense encounter with character. It is character that animates the image."
Five portraits feature a playwright, a musician, a journalist, an actor, and a visual artist who contributed significantly to the city's cultural life. The photographer aims to document the contemporary cultural landscape and to produce photographs that acknowledge the medium's allegiance to reality while preserving a unique, honest sense of each subject. Environmental details are minimized so subjects occupy the frame alone, preventing context from distracting attention. The minimalist approach yields blunt, intense encounters that foreground character as the animating force of each image. Brianna Barrett is a playwright and performer with multiple awards, many developed plays, and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from UCLA. Luke Wyland is an interdisciplinary composer and musician.
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