JACOB BUCHANAN
DECEMBER 4, 2020 - JANUARY 8, 2021
JACOB BUCHANAN
/ / MOVING | | GHOSTS / / is an ongoing project that was started at the beginning of 2019 when Jacob collaborated with people to create anti-portraits set in locations important to them while they wear their favorite outfit.
Jacob asked people to wear their favorite outfit because clothes show where that person is at in that period of their life, how they feel/have been feeling. The clothes express who they are/want to be. They choose the presentation and Jacob is interested in sharing who people are and the connection that comes with that.
Important locations to the subject come from the idea of boudoir. Boudoir comes from the french word bouder meaning: to sulk. Historically, sulking was seen as something one would do privately. The term bouder came to encapsulate a room where one would go to withdraw and be quietly alone. A bouder was a place of intimacy and privacy, where one could express their true selves without fear of judgment or punishment.
Bio: Jacob Buchanan is a photographer & multi-media artist operating under the pseudonym Melting Giraffe. He often deals in themes of dissociation, identity, and the suggestion of narrative.
