Strange Faces on the Commercial Drive

 

These photos are from the photo shoot that Dasha Lushnikova and I did on Commercial Drive for Mainly Main Magazine..They turned out beautiful and look even better in print....

This mask series is an effort to work through and revisit the archetypes and social structures I encountered as a child growing up in the boonies of British Columbia.  The masks develop their own unique characters, each one serving as an individual conduit which channels the wearer into the small-town mythology.  And, most importantly, they transport the unmasked as well.  Everydayness is caught off guard.  The boredom, alienation and complacency are shaken back to life with strangeness.  Thank you for all the smiles on Commercial Drive!


Thanks to Sonia Zagwyn and Clinton Debogorski for their help!