Alex Prager

Alex Prager, A Bird Flys By (2008)

Alex Prager, Birds, (2008)

Alex Prager is one of my favourite Photographers. She has not only created 4 different series of work, but has also wrote, directed and produced 3 short films. She has also worked on a series of films, known as ‘A Touch of Evil’. This series consists of ‘13 of the best actors of 2011 as villains’ [Pink, D (2011)] in short 30-60 second clips of surrealistic scenes. This gave Prager the chance to be creative and break out of her normal, iconic style of photography.

'A Bird Flies By' and 'Birds' are just two of her many images. I picked these two to include within this post as they show her continuous trademark theme. Prager has a consistency of a 50's esque theme, including bright colours, wigs and extravagant make up. She uses props such as cars and planes to create staged events in order to intrigue the viewers. He work is much like that of William Eggleston; an idle of hers. Prager seems to have followed in Egglestons footsteps, gaining inspiration; however, seems to add a lot more post-production. Things such as colour enhancing, skin retouching and even adding or removing objects from images are all things Prager has not denied doing. However, despite this, it would still be difficult to tell Prager and Egglestons images apart from one another. Prager has an energy in the studio to be admired by all, she seems to go into a shoot, knowing exactly what the outcome will look like even before any retouching.

References
Prager, A, (2014), Alex Prager, Available at: http://www.alexprager.com/#!/photography/Face-In-The-Crowd [Accessed: 26 March 2014]
FourthandMain1, (2012), Alex Prager for Fourth and Main, Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgrjdVcb4M [Accessed: 26 March 2014]

Pink, D, (2011) A Fistful of Culture, Available at: http://afistfulofculture.com/2011/12/08/ny-times-video-gallery-touch-of-evil-features-the-best-actors-of-2011-as-villains/ [Accessed: 28 March 2014]

Prager, A, (2008), A Bird Flys By, Available at: http://www.alexprager.com/#!/photography/The-Big-Valley [Accessed 25 March 2014]

Prager, A, (2008), Birds, Available at: http://www.alexprager.com/#!/photography/The-Big-Valley [Accessed 25 March 2014]

Prager, A, (2014), Touch of Evil, Available at: http://www.alexprager.com/#!/films/Touch-of-Evil [Accessed 25 March 2014]
The Sly Slick and Wicked, (2009), 'William Eggleston' Blogspot, 22 November. Available at: http://thessw.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/william-eggleston.html [Accessed 25 March 2014]