Picture Of The Day
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…..We’ve had our eye’s glued to this image since we first discovered the work of LA based photographer Stephanie Vovas, whose work we’ve featured recently. It is very different from most of the other pictures on her repertoire, in that the identity of the person in the photograph remains a mystery, hidden unlike most of her pictures which are more portrait like. We asked her to write a brief commentary on how she arrived at creating this image, the mystery surrounding the photograph. In her own words, Stephanie offers us a glimpse in to her creative process at work……
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Serena was my muse I guess you could say for many years until she moved away to New York City. Something between us matched as we felt free to play together. I guess we provoked each other creatively, her showing sides of herself, and me experimenting beyond my normal boundaries. It was a sort of fearless collaboration and there was great trust between us. I love how open, strong and confident she is. I wish I could find 10 Serena’s.
The picture just came about organically, we were spending a few hours together trying on different things. Then she put on those red underpants. I suggested we go into the garage where my sister stored this great old BMW. I pulled it onto the street, put the headlights on, and it was raining outside. For some reason those red underpants seemed like they went perfectly with the car. I walked behind the model and there was the picture.