These experimental images seem to seek to modify the traditional definition of a "wallflower" from the stereotypical shy, overdressed, passive girl who waits forever to be asked to ballroom dance -- to a dynamic asocial/solitary climber, whose competencies vastly outweigh her social insecurities. The textural overlay of wallpaper patterns amplifies the metaphor, but the compelling core of these images and the comparison is the celebratory magnificence-made-visible and resonant in the joy of climbing -- upward. Descending and resting may be inherently less interesting. Swinging, leaping, butterflying...? One wonders.
yes, I guess you are right, wallflowers or wallpaper, those fit the bill...with darkened background, only the body stays painted and then the effect might well be different...thanks for pointing it out
the stereotypical shy, overdressed, passive girl who waits forever to be asked to ballroom dance -- to
a dynamic asocial/solitary climber, whose competencies vastly outweigh her social insecurities.
The textural overlay of wallpaper patterns amplifies the metaphor, but the compelling core of these images
and the comparison is the celebratory magnificence-made-visible and resonant in the joy of climbing -- upward.
Descending and resting may be inherently less interesting. Swinging, leaping, butterflying...? One wonders.