Pandemic Portraits: volume 2 - Softcover

Rae, Collin J.

9798839138087: Pandemic Portraits: volume 2

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798839138087

Publisher: Independently published, 2022

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Collin J Rae's new Pandemic Portraits 2 is a dazzling collection that bursts out of the page with the unifying anxiety and pent up energy felt by all during the last few years. Faces are fragmented, trapped and distorted through glass, raw and alive. In an era of the perfect selfie, this collection is the antidote, a scream of frustration from unmistakably real people.
--James Johnston - artist / musician 2022

This collection of beautifully distorted images takes you through a wild ride of vividly portrayed emotions. Striking and bright, with a haunted mood that lingers between grotesque and elegant. A surreal carnival of isolated experiences that together create a melancholy and stirring picture of life in the pandemic.

--Scarlett Storm - Model/Performer

Pandemic Portraits Vol 2 is another glitchy, flirtatious romp from Collin J. Rae - haunting, provocative, and even a little voyeuristic, these glitch art portraits capture people at their most raw at a time when everything feels on the brink of collapse at any moment. With Rae and Alien Buddha Press donating all proceeds to support Rae’s friend Anna who is in the Ukraine and also lends her likeness to the book, this - as well as Pandemic Portraits Vol 1 - is a no-brainer for unique book, photo, and ephemera collectors.

--Dani Tauber, author of ‘just like soft fruit’ and ‘marbling / ex ossibus’ Vegetarian Alcoholic Press)

An amazing array of vivid photos that exemplify the twisted emotions of the current era. Rae’s beautiful imagery fuses glassy distortion and color with a sense of dread, anxiety, anger, pain and isolation. You can feel Rae’s passion for creating a distinct feeling from each powerful and provocative portrait.

--Patrick Rea - Independent Filmmaker

A unique display of color, feeling and technique, Pandemic Portraits captures underlying tension of those living through COVID isolation in the digital age. There’s a distinct feeling of unease as you sift through each emotional and distorted photo.

--Salem Moon - Model / Photographer

Collin’s portraits are otherworldly and very imaginative. This is such a distinctive art with a strong character of both the photographer and the subject shining through. A very unique atmosphere.

--Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Composer

I felt pulled in by the mysterious imagery that was both beautiful, poignant and in some ways, terrifying. Each individual work of art told a story that I wanted to understand or lose myself imagining what they might be trying to tell me. Captivating work that I enjoyed exploring.

--Kate Davies-Speak - Actress