SinClair

by Fischer Ferreira

A portrait series focusing on the space between identity and representation in the midwest as it relates to youth, media and film.

Using a green screen, subjects were photographed and composited onto backgrounds pulled from two movies (Bonnie and Clyde 1967 and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape 1993) featuring screenplays that take place in Iowa, but were filmed in other US states.

By placing real Iowans inside of a “faux Iowa,” SinClair questions the outsiders’ archetypal idea of midwestern identity. Mixing digital fashion portraiture with analog film scenes, a mutable fantasy narrative is formed between the two mediums, between outsider perspective and magical realism.