Photos - Female Trouble

All of you wanna-be cobra snakes, take note. Real photographers actually have more talent than it takes to flash lights in the face of socialites. One of my many real photographer friends (and former roommate, Jefferson St. represent) is named Ali Burgis. She wrapped up her senior thesis for The School of Visual Arts in New York earlier this year and can, from time to time, be found riding around in a spaceship listening to Four None Blondes.

Here's what she has to say on her thesis called "Female Trouble:

"This is a series of photographs that were taken based on a lie. I decided to play a prank. The stories are a ruse, unfolding my subjects in a false view. You wouldn’t know the difference would you? A photograph would never lie, right? I started collaborating with people, asking questions regarding how they would want to be looked at or portrayed as someone else. Essentially, I am creating a false scenario and telling you, the viewer, that it is genuine. That moment, the one that excites me most, is watching the reaction I receive after I tell you what these strong females do. This is more about listening and hearing, not seeing. I never reveal much information about my subjects. The viewer tends to make up their own mind about my photographs, and in return I get curious analytical reactions about these women and the lives they lead."



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