artist's statement

media roles

The ongoing photography project Media Roles is a collection of orchestrated portraits containing imagery culled from film, television, internet and the printed media.

Inspiration comes from the American Pop Art movement, and Pop-influenced artists whose use of media-based imagery comments on aspects of contemporary life. Artifacts taken from our visual world are appropriated and transformed to create a visual language exploring current societal themes. Media Roles is expressionist in nature and explores issues of exploitation, isolation, and media representation.