Marianne Williams

Posted in Conceptual Artist, Photographer on May 18, 2010 at 6:55 pm

By Marianne Williams: I’m a photographer living in Los Angeles, CA. I work shooting film stills and various happenings, meanwhile hacking an ongoing series of portraits of LA music and artist friends called LA Daze. Candy colored images combine elements of the subject’s work and personality with pop culture, historical and religious iconography, exposed artifice, and movie references. Romak has helped a lot with brilliant make up skills and I get a lot of my props from Dapper Cadaver, it’s always a collaboration. I print an annual magazine style portfolio of the project and hope to release it as an art book at some point.

1. Cindergarden dons half porcelain doll face and half death mask inspired by traditional Mexican Dios de los Muertes dolls. A skeleton arm encircles her neck.

2. Qrixs Martinez plays Virgin Mary. A red string is barely scene holding up the latex heart.

3. Cindergarden plays Alice, laying with bunny Foot Foot at a picnic strangely devoid of food.

4. "Die Sieger". Raphael and I were working together on Tristan's film called Trilby where he reinvented the classic character of the hypnotist Svengali. Here Svengali bewitches the mexican card game loteria to make this image about sleight of hand and the power of suggestion.

5. Graffiti artist Smear paints for a portrait after a police raid on his home when he was indicated in the production of the giant MTA tag that spanned 2,000 feet long by 60 feet tall in the LA River.

6. "Peace on Earth". Phil took me to the firing range for the first time in January and shortly after let me borrow his guns for this shoot. Part of the blue floor series.