Sometimes the most seductive part of a photograph is not what the viewer is presented with, but what they are denied to see. A distinctive characteristic of the medium of photography is the photographer's prerogative in shaping the world in front of them. When making a photograph, the artist makes decisions to include certain things within a frame, and to omit others. This can happen in different ways, from revealing only part of a subject within the scene of the photograph to physically altering the print.
Utilizing the powerful allure of the unknown, these
Panopticon Gallery photographers have all chosen to reveal or conceal parts of their subjects—and we want more!
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| Heidi Kirkpatrick, Mother, 2001 |
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| Hiroshi Watanabe, Maiko Takaku as Oyanagi 2, Matsuo Kabuki |
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| William Wegman, Tent, 2008/2010 |
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| Harold Feinstein, Lady of the Lake, Vermont, 1974 |
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| Mimi Youn, Erased Words, 2010 |
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| Larry Pratt, Bare Limb, 2007 |
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| Atelieri O. Haapala, Boudoir #9 |
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| Michael Donnor, Orphic Games |
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| Bill Franson, Untitled |
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