The seam

The seam stays visible

NOIR ELEGANCE

A shoot from February 2015, and the images it produced eight years later. Where the two demonstrably belong together, they stand side by side and the seam is left visible. Where they do not, each frame says what it is.

54 frames · 6 of them close on this line · Photographed 2015 · A04

NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A04
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A02
Photographed 2015 · A02
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A05
Photographed 2015 · A05
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A06
Photographed 2015 · A06
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A08
Photographed 2015 · A08
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A11
Photographed 2015 · A11 · the line runs through it
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A13
Photographed 2015 · A13
Seam 01 / 06It closes on the line
NOIR ELEGANCE, A01 — photographed
NOIR ELEGANCE, R35 — generated

Photographed 2015 · A01

Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R35 · 0.62

NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A14
Photographed 2015 · A14
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A15
Photographed 2015 · A15
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A16
Photographed 2015 · A16
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame A17
Photographed 2015 · A17 · the line runs through it
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R02
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R02
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R03
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R03
Seam 02 / 06It closes on the line
NOIR ELEGANCE, A03 — photographed
NOIR ELEGANCE, R01 — generated

Photographed 2015 · A03

Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R01 · 0.61

NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R04
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R04
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R05
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R05
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R06
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R06 · the line runs through it
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R07
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R07
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R08
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R08
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R09
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R09
Seam 03 / 06It closes on the line
NOIR ELEGANCE, A07 — photographed
NOIR ELEGANCE, R30 — generated

Photographed 2015 · A07

Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R30 · 0.70

It is not about realism versus artificiality.

It is about how easily one becomes the other.

NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R10
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R10
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R11
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R11 · the line runs through it
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R12
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R12
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R13
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R13
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R14
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R14
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R15
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R15
Seam 04 / 06It closes on the line
NOIR ELEGANCE, A09 — photographed
NOIR ELEGANCE, R20 — generated

Photographed 2015 · A09

Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R20 · 0.61

NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R16
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R16 · the line runs through it
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R17
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R17
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R18
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R18
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R19
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R19
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R21
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R21
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R23
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R23 · the line runs through it
Seam 05 / 06It closes on the line
NOIR ELEGANCE, A10 — photographed
NOIR ELEGANCE, R29 — generated

Photographed 2015 · A10

Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R29 · 0.67

NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R24
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R24
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R25
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R25
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R26
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R26
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R27
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R27
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R28
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R28 · the line runs through it
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R31
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R31
Seam 06 / 06It closes on the line
NOIR ELEGANCE, A12 — photographed
NOIR ELEGANCE, R22 — generated

Photographed 2015 · A12

Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R22 · 0.56

NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R32
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R32
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R33
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R33
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R34
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R34
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R36
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R36 · the line runs through it
NOIR ELEGANCE, frame R37
Generated 2023 with Midjourney · R37
The Lexicon of this series
The Flesh
Angular, dynamic, porcelain. The skin is pale and smooth against a rough ground; the pose is sharp.
The Fiction
Industrial, arid, aggregate.
The Garment
Sartorial, masculine and feminine at once, minimal.
The Vibe
Defiant, monochromatic, stark.
The Lens
High-contrast, wide-angle, 35mm grain.
The Sound
Gravel crunch, wind hiss, minimal bass.