Jeff Gates: First Among Equals: A Visual Critique of the Fashion Photographs of Ruven Afanador
Artist(s):
Title:
- First Among Equals: A Visual Critique of the Fashion Photographs of Ruven Afanador
Exhibition:
Creation Year:
- 1990
Medium:
- Ink jet printout
Size:
- 30 x 24
Category:
Technical Information:
Hardware: Apple Macintosh IIcx, Howtek scanner, Fuji ink jet printer.
Software: Studio 8.
Other Information:
The main photograph was taken directly from a newspaper fashion spread that appeared in the Baltimore Sun during the 1988 Summer Olympics. Using the computer’s ability to sort and collage, I have added elements which reinforce and comment upon the original photograph’s blatant use of gender stereotypes and political iconography.
