Dimensions: support: 1090 x 890 mm
Copyright: © Paul Graham; courtesy Pace and Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is Paul Graham's "Television Portrait (Yuko, Kyoto)." There's an almost cinematic quality to this photograph, with the dark backdrop and dramatic lighting. What strikes you most about this piece? Curator: You're right, it does feel very composed. For me, it's the tension between the everyday and the artful. The "television" in the title suggests a mundane reality, yet Yuko is presented with such deliberate grace. It asks us, doesn't it, what is "real" when we are always performing? Editor: That’s a great point! The title now makes me think of how images are constructed and consumed. Thanks for that insight! Curator: My pleasure!
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Graham is one of several British photographers who have developed a new approach to documentary photography. He came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of photographs of Northern Ireland, and since then has made a number of works which reflect on socio-political issues. In contrast, his Television Portraits are surprisingly intimate and domestic. The series began with a spontaneous photograph of the artist's flatmate, and now includes images of people watching television all over the world. Although they meditate on the power of mass media and the ubiquity of television, ironically the television is not visible in any of the photographs. Gallery label, September 2004
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