Works

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  • 1.Dalton_Acquiscent

  • 1.Dalton_HotPinkBoots

  • 2.Dalton_George_Reclining

  • 3.Dalton_Drama_In_The_Drawing_Room

  • 4.DaltonDalton_Dear_Prudence

  • 4.Marianne_Dalton_TheDarkRoom

  • 6.Marianne_Smith_Dalton_self_portrait

  • A15. tracey collapsed on sofa NEWCOLORAA

  • A3. The Actress SMALL

  • DRAMA BWLOGO

  • her silhouette

  • Hypnotist

  • Laugh More

  • laura sofa COLOREDIT

  • once upon a sofa

  • punksGothicSofaWEB

  • The Dark Room

  • the piper

Staging Drama – Once Upon a Sofa

Many of these photographs have been included in the  4th FotoNostrum Magazine Awards  in Barcelona, Spain.

Artists have portrayed the figure on a sofa for centuries. Once Upon a Sofa is a series of photos that draws upon this idea, as the sofa is the launching point for each photograph. In each uniquely designed space, the sofa sets the stage. So too, because I find the idea of a sofa to have a kind of mysterious element, it evokes varying moods and references, and brings out so much more than any other ‘prop’ can. Depending on the style, placement, and setting of the elements in each room, the sofa seems to engage the subject, prompting a kind of spontaneity, yet posed behavior. As I work to capture moments of deliberate chance in whimsically designed spaces, I find this contrast between what is real and what is staged fascinating.

Manhattan apartment art installation – Four of my BW photographs printed extra large on aluminum Dibond.Video of Installation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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