An image I made for Jon Ferguson Theater's production "Supermonkey," performed at the Guthrie Theater in 2009 was awarded a place in the advertising section of the prestigious 2010 Communication Arts Photography Annual. The original piece of theater was created by Jon and the ensemble out of improvisational exercises. It explored the lives of tenants in a chic modern high rise who feel very avant garde but are revealed to not be as evolved as fully as they would like society to think. The image we created needed to show the evolution of man in one image - ape to modern man. I lit the image with a stark feel - like a diorama at a natural history museum - to highlight our lack of evolution. I worked closely with talented actor Tyson Forbes to transform his physicality - posture, hand positioning and gait - to fit the feel we were looking for. The tragicomic image was chosen as one of 300 images from a juried 13,000 image contest of over 6,000 entries. I've included the printed version which was designed by innovative theater maker Jon Ferguson. See his link and links to Communication Arts and the Guthrie above.
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