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"Though we experience being in them all the time, there is something oddly unsettling about crowds. Swarms of strangers brushing past each other, occasionally bumping into one another, all having arrived at the very same place. Despite the physical proximity, most members remain in their own worlds, ignoring or looking past the sea of bodies in their path. This space between clutter and isolation, familiarity and a strange, even threatening otherness permeates "A Face In The Crowd," the newest photography series from Alex Prager.
The Los Angeles-based photographer is known for her suspenseful cinematic images, which use staged, over-dramatized scenarios to reveal what lies beneath the artificial lights and gobs of makeup. Prager dresses her subjects in costumes from a variety of bygone eras, giving her characters the guise of cinematic fantasy without tethering them to a specific background. Viewers get the odd feeling they've seen this all before, and yet the scenes remain beyond their understanding."
"A Face in The Crowd" shows at Lehmann Maupin, New York from January 9 until February 22, and at M + B from January 25 until March 8.
