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After Leonardo - The Last Supper

By  John Paul Evans 2011 - 2013

After Leonardo - last supper triptych

‘Stilled Lives’ are a series of self-portraits that reference artworks from western history. The pinhole photographs need extended exposure, (usually 3-6 minutes) which requires the sitter to perform stasis for this primitive technology. Remaining still for prolonged periods is reminiscent of the life model’s role, becoming petrified in the temporal drift. Walter Benjamin believed that in early examples of photography an ‘aura’ was captured through the long exposures necessary to record the images: “The procedure itself taught the models to live inside rather than outside the moment. During the long duration of these shots they grew as it were into the picture”. (Walter Benjamin – A Short History of Photography)

After Leonardo - last supper triptych

After Leonardo - last supper - study detail

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