Photograph
2000 (photographed)
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Alasdair McLellan’s image explores the role of the model in the collaborative process behind the production of fashion photographs. His photograph of model Gregory David, distinctively dressed and styled yet placed in the setting of his family home, eloquently shows the disjunction between Gregory’s ‘real life’ and his profession.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | C-type print |
| Brief description | Alasdair McLellan (photographer) and Tom Murphy (stylist), fashion Model Gregory David standing in a street with three friends, Hackney, London, 2000. C-type print. |
| Physical description | Photograph of fashion model Gregory David, wearing a blue suit with a multi-coloured layered jacket, standing in front of a wall on which are setaed three of his friends. |
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| Credit line | Given by Alasdair McLellan |
| Object history | This series of photographs of fashion model Gregory David at home with his family in Hackney was commissioned for the exhibition 'Imperfect Beauty: the making of contemporary fashion photographs', held in the Canon Photography Gallery, VA from September 2000 to March 2001. The exhibition concentrated on the collaborative process that underpins the production of fashion photography and this images were created to represent the role of the fashion model in that process. |
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| Summary | Alasdair McLellan’s image explores the role of the model in the collaborative process behind the production of fashion photographs. His photograph of model Gregory David, distinctively dressed and styled yet placed in the setting of his family home, eloquently shows the disjunction between Gregory’s ‘real life’ and his profession. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Published in iD style magazine. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1393-2001 |
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| Record created | July 8, 2004 |
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