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CHAPTER 2The Personal Galaxy

The Symbol

 

Featuring work by Vanessa LeRoy

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU MAKE the image in a studio setting?

What Are We Looking at?

We have moved from black and white into color and the studio. Glitzy and ineffective? I don't think so. I have included this image here to counter my own point in the prior chapter for two simple reasons. First, don't agree too readily with anything anyone says and, second, the proverbial rules can always be broken.

Identify the Elements

This image could also be said to consist of a very few elements: skin, paint, and an impenetrable dark background. ...

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