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annequins are fun to photograph. The direction their exaggerations take is an indication of current cultural aspirations. In concert with fashion, they represent the ultimate in peer pressure. Instilling the desire to conform based on influences applied from idealized inanimate human representations.
Like many worthy subjects, mannequins have a long history as photographic fodder. One of the earliest mannequin images was make by Eugene Atget in ~1905. Other photographers interested in recording mannequins include Man Ray and Andreas Feininger. In my own body of work, I have images of mannequins dating back to the early 1980's.
“She had a mannequin on the front porch in july
she sold him coffees and cookies and a tea called thyme
and the mannequin smiled, and the mannequin smiled
and she don't know what to say
and everythings ok
and it's fine to be plain
Now, now, now lamentations, lamentations, what am i trying to say?
now, now, now complications, reputations, mannequins need some fame
and the mannequins denial , the mannequin's denial
and she don't know what to crave
she don't know what to praise
as the mannequins say” - The Lovely Feathers
