Jeff Gates: First Among Equals: A Visual Critique of the Fashion Photographs of Ruven Afanador

Artist(s):

• Jeff Gates

Title:

First Among Equals: A Visual Critique of the Fashion Photographs of Ruven Afanador

Exhibition:

• SIGGRAPH 1991: Art and Design Show

Creation Year:

1990

Medium:

Ink jet printout

Size:

30 x 24

Category:

• 2D & Wall-Hung

Technical Information:

Hardware: Apple Macintosh IIcx, Howtek scanner, Fuji ink jet printer.
Software: Studio 8.

Other Information:

The main photograph was taken directly from a newspaper fashion spread that appeared in the Baltimore Sun during the 1988 Summer Olympics. Using the computer’s ability to sort and collage, I have added elements which reinforce and comment upon the original photograph’s blatant use of gender stereotypes and political iconography.