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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.
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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...
Category

2010s Contemporary Alex Prager Portrait Photography

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Archival Pigment

Marilyn, from Weekend Series
By Alex Prager
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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 M+B Gallery Los Angeles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Alex Prager Portrait Photography

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C Print

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