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Photographer Julia Keil chose to turn the video camera on herself, making a series of self-portraits motivated by paintings, the movie theater or other photos.
Having Actually been in London for a couple of months, Keil got here back in Paris just as it was going into lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
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” Originally, I thought about just recreating Girl Lilith, by Dante Rossetti, and awaited the accurate moment that the evening light turned golden. However, as I took the image, rather than holding a mirror as Girl Lilith does, I got my phone, which has actually ended up being an indication of self-reflection and communication enabling us to remain linked in isolation.”.
” I quickly understood that without any work and no social life, I had gone from having no time at all to having plenty.
” All reasons I gave myself for not pursuing my creative concepts prior were now void.
” Every day, I selected a portrait – I ‘d immerse myself into that world.
” I researched, listened to the music from that era or motion picture soundtrack and saw movies and documentaries.
” I studied the position and feeling which a selected image or painting exhibited and, of course, gave myself the time taking the photo and processing it after.
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” This image was motivated by the film Pulp fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino. I wished to recreate this renowned motion picture poster with items representative of today. I entitled it Genuine Fiction due to the lots of surreal, awful and sometimes marvelous stories that keep flooding through our feeds.”.
” Whatever which formed each image I improvised with what I currently had at house with the exception of a couple wigs, which I waited for excitedly from Amazon.
” Pursuing this ongoing task has actually given a structure and a play area to my days in lockdown in addition to a way to aesthetically communicate what I and others could be currently feeling or experiencing.
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” While brainstorming renowned images, this stunning painting, Woman with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer, entered your mind and, as I didn’t have any huge pearl earrings, I improvised with what I did have – a pair of egg earrings and the blue towel I twist around my head after every shower.”.
” Having the world decrease, regardless of the awful scenarios, on some aspects can be taken as a gift – a present that can be filled with not just fear however with hope and a chance to show, to find out and to re-connect in methods we maybe had pushed aside worldwide that utilized to be.”
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” I saw the vampire film Just Lovers Left Alive, directed by Jim Jarmusch, the night before taking the photo. I felt it too reflected the current climate, with few individuals going out throughout the day and being in states of isolation, like the character of Adam. I recreated the opening scene and surrounded myself with books of fiction and dreams, to talk about the surreal, dreamlike world I in some cases feel like I and others remain in.”.
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” Inspired by The Soul of the Rose, by Waterhouse, this image from the series was stimulated by my desire to be out smelling newly sprung spring flowers, yet all I had actually was a dried increased.”.
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” I spent the day in the sunlight by my window clutching my damaged disco ball in the hope of capturing the best reflections, all while blasting tunes by artists such as Sister Sledge, Blondie and Chic. This was followed by a home screening of Saturday Night Fever.”.
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” Some days are blue. The subject in his Femme aux Bras Croisés, who might be an inmate of the Saint-Lazare hospital-prison in Paris, brings a blank expression of somebody who has been through much suffering and has actually fallen under a deep and dark spell.
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” This one was motivated by the character of Pris in the film Blade Runner directed, by Ridley Scott. In many methods, it assesses the significance of being human in a watchful world, something which resonated with me in our existing state of re-evaluating our ways of living and data collection.”.
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” I had been wandering through the Paris streets beyond my window through the words of Hemingway. Some days are gotten rid of by fatigue and a mind filled with sound accompanied by a yearning for inner silence and air.”.
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” I wanted to do my own variation of the terrific picture of Meryl Streep by Annie Leibovitz however with items which I use regularly, such as a clay facemask. The out-of-focus tooth brush and toothpaste in the foreground are a hint at the lens being a bathroom mirror and the audiences being my reflection.”.
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” I wished to explore the meaning of touch in the existing climate with the lots of warnings of not touching one’s face and keeping a minimum of 2m [6ft] of distance from others. This picture needed a very hands-on method in which I chose to take the image from the screen to print and explore cyanotype printing.”.
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” Gerhard Richter’s works have always been a motivation to me, from a young age. Paradoxically, so has hiding the face from the video camera. For this portrait, I chose to be without costume and to recreate this wiped-paint result utilizing lip balm and cling movie.”.
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” This portrait was both inspired by the news that all non-essential orders from Amazon had been suspended in France however also by the Greek misconception of Pandora, who gave in to her interest and launched disease, death and anguish upon the world from a strange box bestowed upon her by Zeus. She sped up to close the box however realised there was something left inside which felt various. As she opened package once more, the last thing fluttered out, filled with light and spirit, spreading out a sense of calm over the previous panic and discomfort. This light was hope. And hope is a gift we people have flowing through our collective veins, advising us to keep going while filling us with an understanding that this too will pass.”.
With Paris due to stay on lockdown till 11 May, Keil says she will continue taking self-portraits. You can follow her on Instagram @juliakkeil and see her other deal with her website
All pictures © Julia Keil
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