{"id":2219,"date":"2013-11-26T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2015-02-01T19:34:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T00:34:49","slug":"artist-spotlight-alannah-farrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/artist-spotlight-alannah-farrell\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight: Alannah Farrell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author | Winter Mendelson<\/p>\n

Born in the sticks of New York state’s Catskill mountains,\u00a0Alannah Farrell is a 2-D artist who specializes in photography and illustration. She is also the photo director for the multi-media\u00a0art and music duo based out of NYC,\u00a0Virginaire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Using analog and digital photography, drawing, and painting, she creates narratives for each person she photographs.<\/p>\n

She was selected as one of the top 100 photographers for One Life International Photography 2012 and her biography\/work has been shown in PAPERMAG, Madame Figaro and Italian Vogue.<\/p>\n

Recently she co-curated a photography show\u00a0with Candice Fortin that featured her work along with two other photographers at Clemente Soto Velez, L.E.S. Gallery in New York.<\/p>\n

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“I’m\u00a0drawn to individuals that exist on the threshold between ugly, beautiful, male, female, flawed and idealized; individuals which access my raw, emotionally charged view of humanity. \u00a0My portraits combine hand-painted backdrops, artificial and natural settings to create narratives for which the subject lives in. \u00a0Recurring narrative themes focus on mystery, gender, uninhibited feeling and personal history.”<\/p>\n

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Her work is organized by different series titled “Teenage Years,” “Angel*R,” and “Down Home, Bucolic Blue” where she documents all kinds of individuals in an intimate setting. Every portrait leaves you either feeling closer to the subject, or wanting to know more.<\/p>\n

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From her “Portrait” series:<\/p>\n

“My ongoing portraits document the people and environments around me, stripped down to the most elemental and emotionally raw visual depiction. \u00a0The photos include an array of people from my personal life: fellow artists, gender progressive individuals, musicians, lovers, family. \u00a0These people and situations have a profound effect upon me, and through these photographs I hope to access the strengths and weaknesses in myself and the people around me.”<\/p>\n

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From the series “Teenage Years”:<\/p>\n

“Teenage Years is a portrait series of young aspiring models signed to an agency in New Jersey. \u00a0I wanted to capture their beauty, vulnerability and bravery.”<\/p>\n

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From the series “Angel*R”:<\/p>\n

“Angel*R is a selection of photographs taken over a period of time of the model Angel Rz. \u00a0I met Angel through the NYC nightlife club kid scene. \u00a0He is a beautiful androgynous individual whose physical beauty transcends gender. \u00a0Angel has been my muse, friend and creative collaborator for several years. \u00a0Recently he starred in Virginaire\u2019s music video Bad Thief, a collaborative piece I worked on with artists Jared Oppenheim, Carl Adelson and Austin Green. \u00a0It will be released this winter.”<\/p>\n

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From the series “Down Home, Bucolic Blue”:<\/p>\n

“Down Home, Bucolic Blue is a series of photographs with hand-painted backdrops that conjure the atmosphere of timeless rural America. \u00a0Inspired by my own childhood in the Catskills of upstate New York, I wanted to tell the story of an area where lush greenery and scenery is juxtaposed with abandoned artifacts from a once thriving farmland. \u00a0These ghostly remnants exist in an economically depressed and sparsely populated rural area, slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding natural environment. \u00a0I\u2019m interested in the tensions created by the juxtaposition of natural and unnatural. \u00a0In a series including portraits, still-life and landscape, I aim to create this sense of tension, history and personal narrative.”<\/p>\n

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For more information visit her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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