“In many cultures masks are worn in structured dances to symbolize social status, to protect, to exalt, to mock, and to amuse. They transport the wearer through characterization into a world which is otherwise out of reach.”
Paraphrased from Dr. Marion Oettinger
Dancing Faces: Mexican Masks in a Cultural Context
In my visit to the Mask Museum of San Miguel De Allende in Mexico I shot many mask images. Since my previous post, FACES – I felt an urge to make my own interpretations of some of the masks in a ‘spiritual’ journey of compositing with Photoshop.
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Corkey Series
Beyond Corky
“I see the shot as a beginning, as an image I can get ‘painterly’ with – giving it visual richness, abstracting it, or making it more conceptual.
As darkroom technique has always been an essential part of the photographer’s mastery of imagery – Photoshop is my darkroom. This process of post-production enhancement completes my relationship with the image.”
