TOM CHAMBERS, photograph signed on label verso.

"Prom Gown #3". Printed in 2013. Edition of 5. C-print 125 x 125 cm.

Not examined out of frame.

Literature

Tom Chambers, "Hearts and Bones.
A Retrospective of Tom Chambers' Photomontage Art", 2018, illustrated on cover.

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RITE OF PASSAGE SERIES (12 IMAGES)
With time, adolescents begin to abandon the natural, untamed state of childhood for the artificial pretenses of adulthood. After my own daughter's arrival at the complexities of her sixteenth milestone, this juxtaposition captured my attention.

In composing a variety of stark, woodland settings in contrast with a billowy dress or other man-made articles, I explore the dichotomy between what is natural and what is fabricated. Why do people costumed in formal dress seem so omnipotent on the street, yet so vulnerable in the wild? Each of these photomontages explores a place where unexpected circumstances collide.

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