Imprisoned – Self Portrait

Description

The stark, black and white photograph, bearing the evocative title “Imprisoned – Self Portrait,” plunges the viewer into a scene of profound isolation. Captured within the skeletal remains of an abandoned downtown Los Angeles building, the late afternoon sun transforms the derelict space. Long, dramatic shadows stretch across the gritty floor, cast by the rigid geometry of industrial windows. These windows, with their prominent mullions and frames, do more than just admit light; they become the very architecture of confinement. Against this backdrop of decay and shadow, the solitary figure of a man stands silhouetted in one of these windows. His form is reduced to a dark outline, a human shape pressed against the glass, and the intersecting bars of the window pane render his posture indistinguishable from that of a prisoner gazing out from behind bars.

The shot is less a literal depiction of incarceration and more a powerful metaphor for the internal prisons we can inhabit, even in expansive, once-vibrant spaces.

Gallery Exhibitions & Awards for “Imprisoned – Self Portrait

Sasse Museum of Art
2021 SFVACC “Chiaroscuro”

Edition Details

Photographs are printed in limited editions (no more than 25 total will be printed) and
each archival pigment print is individually signed, dated and numbered by the artist.

• 10 x 15 Edition of 12
• 20 x 30 Edition of 8
• 32 x 48 Edition of 5