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The thought began with a desire to record my friends in a common form – a white short sleeve button down shirt with black tie, and a pair of black frame glasses. I wanted the photo to appear ambiguous, yet familiar like a passport or green card photo. The format, a four strip photo in black & white. I wasn’t sure where this concept would take me, but as the project has progressed the meaning of it for me began to take form. With an idea to create one image in many forms, I see this piece as an opportunity to have the viewer ask himself what it means to see, to judge and to stereotype. Limited to the basic acknowledgments: male/female, racial grouping, age – all of which come into question, as all the subjects appear basically the same, the viewer is forced to recognize what these judgments mean to him, and in what order he recognized them and why. It also brings into play what the viewer might not be able to stereotype onto the face. Things like personality type, economic background, education, lifestyle, and sexual orientation. Leading the observer to question his own prejudices, and stereotypes.... CHECK ME OUT: www.photoboothfour.blogspot.com MyGen Profile Generator