The Ambassadors, 2006

Six photomontage panels consisting of c-prints mounted on plexiglass. The photomontages combine fashion ads with news photos of protests published in the same six-month period. Representations of human beings are violated: models in ads are blocked out and rendered absent while protesters in news photos are faint, distorted spectral presences. Title is from Hans Holbein’s 1533 anamorphic painting.

Completed while in residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - 120 Broadway Workspaces Program.