Living in the Shadows
16/01/12 15:23
It always has surprised me how much of a persons personality can be revealed without actually seeing anything more than their silhouette.
This is part of a series I’m preparing for an upcoming exhibition.
The Silhouette was started by people drawing around shadows of the human form/face and is probably one of the earliest forms of art.
The surfer in Hossegor and the young girl in Rome.
The name Silhouette comes from Étienne de Silhouette (July 8, 1709 – 1767) The french finance minister known for his austerity. Silhouettes were the cheapest form of portraiture in the 18th century and the name stuck..
Interestingly his father was a local man form near Biarritz His original surname would have been Zuloeta in Basque a name which can still be found in the region today.
Passengers waiting for a plane in Germany
A man going shopping in the Cote d’Azure
They all tell a story.. I find it fascinating that so much can be conveyed just by looking at shadows.
We cannot see their expressions but simply by reading their body language we can make a connection.
This is part of a series I’m preparing for an upcoming exhibition.
The Silhouette was started by people drawing around shadows of the human form/face and is probably one of the earliest forms of art.
The surfer in Hossegor and the young girl in Rome.
The name Silhouette comes from Étienne de Silhouette (July 8, 1709 – 1767) The french finance minister known for his austerity. Silhouettes were the cheapest form of portraiture in the 18th century and the name stuck..
Interestingly his father was a local man form near Biarritz His original surname would have been Zuloeta in Basque a name which can still be found in the region today.
Passengers waiting for a plane in Germany
A man going shopping in the Cote d’Azure
They all tell a story.. I find it fascinating that so much can be conveyed just by looking at shadows.
We cannot see their expressions but simply by reading their body language we can make a connection.