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- Four Seasons: Spring
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- Four Seasons: Summer
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- Four Seasons: Fall
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- Four Seasons: Winter
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- 24 Hours: Sunrise
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- 24 Hours: Day
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- 24 Hours: Sunset
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- 24 Hours: Night
Stephanie Arnett
Self Portrait: 4 Seasons and 360-Degrees
A black hole is not a hole. It is an object which appears empty because unlike the objects surrounding it, no light returns to us from its surface to make it visible. Similarly, the nadir of a spherical panorama only appears empty.
Traditionally, self-portraits are made with the help of a mirror or camera to enable the artist to depict themselves as you might see them if you walked into the intimacy of their studio and stood just feet away. In a 360-degree photograph, the artist is at a distance of zero— looking outward, rotating on a single center of perspective.
For my clients, I always patch this nadir; and in doing so essentially erase myself from the scene. However, these images were made on my own time, captured during the travel between jobs. In these stolen moments, I pulled out of traffic and made a moment for me.
Printed here in portrait orientation, my globe becomes a map: all the information remains here, flattened.
Artist Bio
Stephanie Arnett is a Boston-based photographer and artist. Following an education at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, she began a career in commercial photography where she was witness to the sea change brought about by digital capture.
Arnett believes that scientific advancements have altered the most fundamental aspects of human perception, giving us the ability to see space and time beyond the limits of our physical bodies. The resultant innovations have changed not only the routine of our lives but how we imagine ourselves and our future. Her artwork is often a reflection of this interaction between our imaginations and the technology we create.
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