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Katy Grannan — Untitled (from Poughkeepsie Journal)
Katy Grannan

Untitled (from Poughkeepsie Journal)

A haunting and intimate portrait drawn from Grannan's practice of photographing strangers who respond to her classified advertisements, this work captures the psychological tension between vulnerability and self-presentation. The subject is rendered with unflinching directness, bathed in the cool, flat light characteristic of Grannan's approach, which simultaneously exposes and obscures the inner life of the sitter. The image explores themes of identity, desire, and the uneasy relationship between photographer and subject.

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Contemporary Photographs

September 27, 2019

Estimate: $5,000$7,000

Lot 24

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Katy Grannan, Untitled (from Poughkeepsie Journal)

A haunting and intimate portrait drawn from Grannan's practice of photographing strangers who respond to her classified advertisements, this work captures the psychological tension between vulnerability and self-presentation. The subject is rendered with unflinching directness, bathed in the cool, flat light characteristic of Grannan's approach, which simultaneously exposes and obscures the inner life of the sitter. The image explores themes of identity, desire, and the uneasy relationship between photographer and subject.

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Related themes

Naturalistic, Photography, Color, Figure, Documentary, American, Poughkeepsie, Urban, Portrait, Contemporary

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