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Plouviez, Arabella (2012) Virus Portraits. [Artefact]

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Abstract

Abstract

This work explores the virus through the photographic portrait. As we hear about epidemics and pandemics which globalisation has enabled to spread with ease, our ‘diseases of modernity’ such as SARS, avian and swine flu threaten to disrupt our modern world. A common personal response, in the main inadequate, becomes a simple mask, an attempt to separate ourselves from those around us, whilst not being able to do that physically.
The photographic portrait traditionally attempts to provide the viewer with an insight into the person who is being photographed. In this work the subject is wearing a surgical mask, not in the expected hospital or medical environment, but in the apparent safety of the domestic, making a connection between subject and viewer more difficult.

Item Type: Artefact
Depositing User: Arabella Plouviez
URI: https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/1302

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Depositing User
Arabella Plouviez

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Item ID
1302

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Date Deposited
29 Feb 2012 16:09
Last Modified
23 May 2025 12:13

Contributors

Author
Arabella Plouviez

University Divisions

Faculty of Education, Society and Creative Industries > School of Media and Creative Industries

Subjects

Photography > Photography

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