Alex Prager: Marianne and Pat, 2018
Aperture is pleased to release a new limited-edition photograph by the artist Alex Prager, whose work is featured in Aperture Issue #231: “Film & Foto.”
Prager is a photographer and filmmaker, based in Los Angeles, who creates elaborately staged scenes that draw inspiration from a wide range of influences and references, including Hollywood cinema, experimental films, popular culture, and art history. She deliberately casts and stages all of her works, merging past and contemporary sources to create a sense of ambiguity. Her visually arresting images are familiar yet uncanny, depicting worlds that synthesize fiction and reality. Each photograph captures a moment frozen in time, inviting the viewer to complete the story and speculate about the narrative content. Much of her work, like Marianne and Pat, often makes the viewer aware of the voyeuristic nature of photography and film, establishing the uneasy feeling of intruding upon a potentially private moment.
Each limited-edition print is hand-packed with great care and ships from New York within 3–5 days.