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Alex Prager — Sheryl (from the series Weekend-End)
Alex Prager

Sheryl (from the series Weekend-End)

Alex Prager's *Sheryl* is a large-scale chromogenic print from her *Week-End* series, depicting a cinematic scene of a solitary woman amid a densely packed crowd at the beach. Drawing on the visual language of mid-century Hollywood cinema and Technicolor film stills, Prager constructs a staged yet uncannily believable tableau that explores themes of isolation, anonymity, and psychological tension. The richly saturated colors and precise compositional control transform an ordinary public setting into a charged, dreamlike narrative frozen in a single, enigmatic moment.

Medium
chromogenic print

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Under the Influence

September 16, 2014

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Alex Prager, Sheryl (from the series Weekend-End)

Alex Prager's *Sheryl* is a large-scale chromogenic print from her *Week-End* series, depicting a cinematic scene of a solitary woman amid a densely packed crowd at the beach. Drawing on the visual language of mid-century Hollywood cinema and Technicolor film stills, Prager constructs a staged yet uncannily believable tableau that explores themes of isolation, anonymity, and psychological tension. The richly saturated colors and precise compositional control transform an ordinary public setting into a charged, dreamlike narrative frozen in a single, enigmatic moment.

Medium
chromogenic print
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Cinematic Mood, Narrative Photography, Cinestill Aesthetic, Cinematic Photography, Psychological Mood, Warm Color Palette, American Artist, Staged Photography, Chromogenic Print, Figurative Art, 21st Century, Female Photographer, Contemporary Art, Crowd Scene, Pop Culture Influence, Vibrant Colors, Constructed Reality

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