{"id":88,"date":"2023-06-27T12:51:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T12:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:47:06","slug":"portrait-gallery_02","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/portrait-gallery_02\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait gallery_02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>This website is copyright protected \u00a9 2025. Paul Robinson. DasUnit Presentation. All rights reserved \u00a9.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h3> PORTRAIT SERIES 2<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/portrait-gallery_01\/\">Portrait Series 1<\/a><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/\"><strong>Return To Home Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\n\t<p>The series, <em><strong>In Focus: People and Their Spaces<\/strong><\/em>, constitutes a\u00a0 investigation into the semiotics of presence and the indexicality of the subject within the photographic frame.<\/p>\n<p>A core formal strategy is the direct ocular confrontation with the spectator. This<strong> unmediated gaze<\/strong> functions as an index of the subject&#8217;s psychological disposition-be it volitional self-possession, affective vulnerability, or calculated reticence.<\/p>\n\t<p>This is juxtaposed with a strategy of <strong>perspectival fragmentation<\/strong>, as evidenced by the oblique angle of <em>Clive<\/em> or the kinetic blur captured in <em>The Butcher of Brixton<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The mise-en-sc\u00e8ne-comprising chromatic schema, ambient light, and the disposition of objets trouv\u00e9s-functions as a socio-psychological mirror, reflecting the subject&#8217;s internal state and external reality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p>The work establishes a <strong>critical tension<\/strong> between the unmodified indexicality of classical photographic tradition and the post-production intervention of the digital age.<\/p>\n<p>In an era defined by the mediated artifice of the<strong> self-image<\/strong>, this series posits a return to the essentialist encounter and the unfiltered reciprocity of the human subject.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This website is copyright protected \u00a9 2025. Paul Robinson. DasUnit Presentation. All rights reserved \u00a9. PORTRAIT SERIES 2 Portrait Series 1 Return To Home Page The series, In Focus: People and Their Spaces, constitutes a\u00a0 investigation into the semiotics of presence and the indexicality of the subject within the photographic frame. A core formal strategy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tpl-no-header-footer.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4630,"href":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dasunit.com\/Galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}