Alex Prager Portrait Photography
American, b. 1979
Influenced by pulp fiction and cinematic tropes, self-taught photographer and film-maker Alex Prager creates striking, sometimes unnerving images that are filled with a dynamic cast of characters. The hyperreal worlds she creates are packed with human melodrama, like the retro 'damsel in distress' character that regularly makes appearances in Prager's brightly colored and dramatically lit scenes.
With influences ranging from David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock, William Eggleston, Cindy Sherman, and Gregory Crewdson, Prager references the vivid aesthetics of mid-twentieth century American cinema and photography. Pairing photographs alongside her films as part of her practice, Prager presents an eerie, alternative world where more questions are asked than answered.to
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Artist: Alex Prager
Étoiles
By Alex Prager
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 6.
Alex Prager creates highly staged, theatrical, and cinematic photographs inspired by a wide range of references and influences—street photography, classic Hollywood c...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Prager Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Act I, Scene 2
By Alex Prager
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 6.
Alex Prager creates highly staged, theatrical, and cinematic photographs inspired by a wide range of references and influences—street photography, classic Hollywood c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Alex Prager Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Act II, Scene 1
By Alex Prager
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 6.
Alex Prager creates highly staged, theatrical, and cinematic photographs inspired by a wide range of references and influences—street photography, classic Hollywood c...
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2010s Contemporary Alex Prager Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Marilyn, from Weekend Series
By Alex Prager
Located in New York, NY
Alex Prager
Marilyn from Weekend Series 2010
C Print
48 x 63 inches, mounted, framed 49 x 64 inches
Ed 2/3 signed sticker affixed to the back.
Prov
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21st Century and Contemporary Alex Prager Portrait Photography
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