Lisa and Red, Leather Dykes in scene as Gay Leather Men
photographs by Tala Brandeis"Lisa and Red" Statement
I'm inspired by the prerequisite, the necessity, for deviance in advancement of art or science.
Deviants of any culture know more about their culture than those who conform. Successful deviants
must incorporate full cultural understanding in the conscious mind in order to survive in transition
zones, at the edges of culture. Cultural anthropological workers know deviants make some of the best contacts.
Deviants experience a need to communicate cultural knowledge and few of the uber-culture share the capacity
to assimilate specific and conscious knowledge.
This work is a call to look, contemplate, react and ultimately, reflect. The work raises feelings,
emotions buried, denied and/or completely alien to those living the unconscious dream. My images shock
some people. I expect that. Others find them riveting, compelling and some feign nonchalance when
faced with a new reality and a desperate need to apprehend emotions disclaimed or... refreshingly exotic.
Complementing image content, dilute lith printing rewards the viewer with a profoundly distinct
photographic experience. Fine-grained, soft tonal gradations reveal long highlights balancing
large-grained hard dark shadows expressing a mood dovetailing image content.
All images on this page are dilute lith printed. Some have been bleached and redeveloped.
Lith images are difficult to reproduce exactly. The chemistry changes quickly and the paper
exhibits different qualities on each piece. Couple that with infectious development and
what we arrive at are unique prints each with a flavor of its own. Scroll down to view imagery...
