https://www.michaeljamesobrien.com/portraits daily 0.75 2022-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179784137-UL8OH5M8F7C23AI3HUY7/Mr.Pearl.1993.001.rtp.jpg Persona - Mr. Pearl, Studio, NYC, 1994 Mr. Pearl, Corsetiere, NYC From the series, Persona Unaltered portrait of the legendary Mr. Pearl . “To wear a corset all the time, the way I do, is my true discipline.” - Mr Pearl All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179784137-UL8OH5M8F7C23AI3HUY7/Mr.Pearl.1993.001.rtp.jpg Persona - Mr. Pearl, Studio, NYC, 1994 Mr. Pearl, Corsetiere, NYC From the series, Persona Unaltered portrait of the legendary Mr. Pearl . “To wear a corset all the time, the way I do, is my true discipline.” - Mr Pearl All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179785611-62K1LASQTZUEESYD0LUW/Amanda+Lepore.millk.1995.02.rtp.jpg Persona - The Great Amanda Lepore, NYC, 1995 The Girl Can’t Help It, Amanda Lepore, Studio, NYC, 1995 From the series, Persona Stylist Kitty Boots for Verbal Abuse Magazine #4, Chi Chi Valenti, editrix All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179786060-G7RNCCV0L2PN10487E4X/Toon.lily.2014.01.rtp.jpg Persona - Toon with a White Lily, Antwerp, 2012 Toon Martens, Studio, Antwerp, 2012 From the series, In Borrowed Light “The petals are inscribed with letters serving alike for hero and for boy: this one a name, and that a cry of woe.” -Ovid , Metamorphoses, Bk XIII All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179792942-P0JCNML6MCUCQXSE9N6R/Daniel_lismore_2016_01.rtp.jpg Persona - Daniel Lismore, Atlanta, 2016 Daniel Lismore, SCAD Fashion Museum, Atlanta, GA, 2016 Portrait inspired by Velasquez’ Las Meninas (1656) “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457112491687-0S0MDUYFV1IQ6FAZTI20/portraits-82.65.2_PS2.jpg Persona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179789301-RNTCM2Y25H0NZE67756F/Michael+Robinson+F+01+editing+FINAL_without_spot.rtp.jpg Persona - Michael Robinson, Atlanta, 2016 The God of Whistling, Michael Robinson, Studio, Atlanta, GA, 2016 c.2021michaeljamesobrien All rights reserved. “…now everywhere I am is the center of everything. I must be the lord of something. what was I before ? a boy? a son? a warning? a myth? I whistled now I’m the god of whistling” -Danez Smith, summer,somewhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179797892-TVM3J1WDOU2S5AS0ER5S/Emma+Griffiths.001.rtp.jpg Persona - Emma Griffiths, Studio, NYC, 2000 Emma (Griffiths) Willis, British Tv presenter, Studio, NYC, 2000 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179795850-6RAUVVMSB76496TE2O2R/Gilbert_George_legs_seperated.right.rtp.jpg Persona - Gilbert and George, Fournier St. London, 1987 Gilbert and George (Diptych), Fournier Street, London, 1987 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179792681-ZEHI277W64NDFO0AE1WG/Gilbert_George_legs_seperated.left.rtp.jpg Persona - Gilbert and George (Diptych), London, 1987 Gilbert and George (Diptych), Fournier Street, London, 1987 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179796927-2MZZYUGRBJSNRBD0Z7X2/Gilbert+and+George.03.rtp.jpg Persona - Gilbert and George, Fournier Street, London, 1987 Gilbert and George, Fournier Street, London, 1987 From the series, We Are Only Artists All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved “We are only human sculptors in that we get up every day, walking sometimes …. tea drinking, feeling tired, dancing sometimes, philosophising a lot, criticising never, whistling tunefully, dying very slowly…. greeting politely and waiting till the day breaks” - The Words of Gilbert and George. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570457951032-O3Z40QE7TYJY6WU2MAX2/Dame+Edna+Everidge.jpg Persona - Dame Edna Everage #1 , London, 1989 Dame Edna Everage #1, Park Lane Hotel, London, 1989 photographed for the London Times. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved Dame Edna is a character performed by Barry Humphries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570457951101-7ZUZ69JIGVEFKSX6337X/Dame+Edna+Everidge.2.jpg Persona - Dame Edna Everage #2, London, 1989 Dame Edna Everage #2, Park Lane Hotel, London, 1989, photographed for the London Times. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved Dame Edna is a character performed by Barry Humphries. “Never be afraid to laugh at yourself. After all, you might be missing the joke of the century.” -Dame Edna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179799213-DV9RH4U76XN64U3ASJCI/Jude+Law.1995.000.rtp.jpg Persona - Jude Law, NYC, 1995 Jude Law, Studio East 5th Street, NYC, 1995 From the series, Persona All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179804472-U86PHJP5BZCUWL8C9MMN/Daniel+Lismore.2016.003.rtp.jpg Persona - Daniel Lismore, Studio, Atlanta, 2016 The Mirror in the Hall, Daniel Lismore, Studio, Atlanta, 2016 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179803918-ERZQ484S98GRROAXZLTO/Xin.2001.01.z.jpg Persona - Portrait, Studio, NYC, 2000 Dress by Giorgio Armani All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570457859714-TRITDN3KGT5XWKTJVA6M/Andrew_Mcmillan_Liverpool_2017.01.jpg Persona - Andrew McMillan, poet, Liverpool, UK, 2017 Andrew McMillan, poet, Liverpool, UK, 2017 From the series, We Are Only Artists c.2021michaeljamesobrien All rights reserved. Andrew McMillan’s book of poems, Physical, won the Guardian First Book Award in 2015. “we are told to tell our bodies that they are beautiful we are told not to pass judgement on where the breath may fall…” - Andrew McMillan, Yoga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1619900040438-BF6D0LS4129CA8UMK06J/omar_diop.2017.rtp.jpg Persona - Omar Victor Diop, Artist, Atlanta, 2017 His series of self-portraits, Project Diaspora from 2014 presents important black historical figures from the 15th to the 18th century who have been excluded from their historical context. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569179807144-C19ZEUIMG0V52X738G1Q/stephen_jones_01-44.rtp.jpg Persona - Stephen Jones, Studio, Atlanta, 2017 Stephen Jones, OBE, Milliner, Studio, SCAD Atlanta, 2017 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180108323-QBNJ4XN8YN8O8TFJTF64/Michael-Clark.01.2014.rtp.jpg Persona - Michael Clark, Riverside Studios, London, 1987 Michael Clark, CBE, dancer & choreographer, Riverside Studios, London, 1987 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180212693-BYGDWNDZ4I8L0VT36TC0/Keziah+Hodgson_RTP_Sept_9.rtp.jpg Persona - Keziah Hodgson, Musician, Liverpool Studio, 2016 Keziah Hodgson, musician, Liverpool Studio, 2016 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180258386-FM569HOHBU9ZHYO9D343/Larry+Kramer.1990.01.z.jpg Persona - Larry Kramer, NYC, n.d. Larry Kramer, NYC, n.d. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved Larry Kramer, writer and human rights activist, wrote The Normal Heart and co-founded GMHC & ACTUP . He changed our lives; he changed history. He died on May 27, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774586691-1CG7JKRUWNSJP0J34TFT/Quentin+Crisp.01.rtp.jpg Persona - Quentin Crisp, NYC, n.d. Quentin Crisp, coffee shop, 2nd Avenue, NYC n.d. From the series, Persona Quentin Crisp, author, actor, epigrammist and activist died in 1999. “If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style” - QC All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774762407-ZMUE9HAZMMWO9IUIQE20/a.14.Walter+Van+Bierendock.2010.z.jpg Persona - Walter van Beirendonck, Antwerp, 2012 Walter van Beirendonck, artist, fashion designer, Antwerp, 2012 From the series, Persona All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774786116-KJ3PV2ZX35NEZVFID15E/22.James+Anthony+Morris+%232%2C2017.jpg Persona - James Anthony Morris, Musician, Liverpool, 2017 James Anthony Morris (Red Velvet Shirt), Liverpool, 2017 From the series, His Tender Heir “His tender heir might bear his memory” -Shakespeare, Sonnet 1 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774791511-LN34R4SETXYQU4702PI8/a6.Marisa+Berensen.01.z.jpg Persona - Marisa Berensen, Paris, n.d. Marisa Schiaparelli Berensen, Actor, Hotel Meurice, Paris, n.d. From the series, Persona. Among her many movies is the brilliant film Barry Lyndon (1975) directed by Stanley Kubrick, shot in natural light and Cabaret (1972) directed by Bob Fosse. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774787306-15KWZALW52QR5ZI0DYN8/a7.Betony+Vernon.07.z.jpg Persona - Betony Vernon, Paris, 2014 Betony Vernon, Artist, Paris, 2014 From the series, Persona All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved Atelier, Paradise Found; www.betonyvernon.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774796416-39BRZ6TNLHSEXU6ZOZ4U/a8.Eric+Roberts.z.jpg Persona - Eric Roberts, NYC, n.d. Eric Roberts, Actor, NYC, n.d. From the series, Persona . He won a Golden Globe for his first leading role in King of the Gypsies (1978), directed by Frank Pierson. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457108948941-TBB1X97QMGRFOO3H3Z1J/82.65.424_PS1.jpg Persona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615766741256-EPBS6S1TV645L3XUIH4F/Mathu+%26+Zaldy.02x.jpg Persona - Zaldy & Mathu, Studio, NYC, 1992 Zaldy Goco and Mathu Andersen. Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774846647-HK2IY9P0GRMCD596HT1Z/a12.Jimmy+Scott.1993.z.jpg Persona - Jimmy Scott, NYC, n.d. Jimmy Scott, jazz singer, NYC, n.d. From the series, Persona All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615611503470-JJV4BOTHMR3LORSV1WS1/Carla+Bruni.1989.01.jpg Persona - Carla Bruni, Breakfast at Tiffany's, NYC, 1989 c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1576972187360-9PSD3W68ETC9Q7050VAC/a34.Roberta+Flack.1991.02.z.jpg Persona - Roberta Flack, Studio, NYC, 1991 Roberta Flack singing “Where is the love” (for Interview Magazine), Studio, NYC, 1991 From the series, Persona c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1576967391078-SMRE1A3UMLLGO13NYV62/Tina+Lee.01.2000.jpg Persona - Tina Lee, Dancing ( in a dress by Junya Watanabe)Studio, NYC, 2001 From the series, We Are Only Artists All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774914201-G6U3D0AWOH3ZQLSF07SQ/a27.Allen+Ginsberg.1987.02.z.jpg Persona - Allen Ginsberg, poet, East 2nd Street , NYC, n.d. Allen Ginsberg, poet, East 2nd Street , NYC, n.d. From the series, Persona “Down to the river! into the street!” - Allen Ginsberg, HOWL All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569774942166-M3T0I5B4CD0TIZ6BDJTW/Anh.1999.01+copy.jpg Persona - Anh Duong, artist, NYC, 2000 Anh Duong, artist, NYC, 2000 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615673381364-340VPOX3SKU46UWG1GBB/3.b18.lola%2Bparis.93.z.jpg Persona - Lola (Laurent Mercier) Sacre Coeur, Paris 1992 Dragoness, Lola von Flame All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775011247-S71CL135TBW9V63065WL/d.10.jpg Persona - Jeffrey Girodias, Dancer, Alvin Ailey, NYC, 2001 Jeffrey Girodias, Dancer, Alvin Ailey, NYC, 2001 From the series, We Are Only Artists All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615611023173-GLXA2807TU5DFLBYYQB1/Norma+Kamali.2015.jpg Persona - Norma Kamali, NYC, 2015 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570457862540-ESCIZY8W0AVXUC2T10R7/augusten_burroughs-2.jpg Persona - Augusten Burroughs, Atlanta, GA, 2017 Augusten Burroughs, photographed at Ivy Hall, the SCAD Writing School, Atlanta, GA, 2017 Augusten Burroughs, writer and mindfulness advocate, is the author of many important books including Running with Scissors, Lust and This is How . All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775024047-EKJGQ7JV0XNBY8J1TC23/David+Womack.1987.01.rtp.jpg Persona - Hello, Sailor, (David Womack), NYC n.d. David Womack, NYC, n.d. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775029400-Y5M23XJKLG7PJCWMZB4M/duane_michals.12.2016.001.jpg Persona - Duane Michals, Artist, NYC, 2017 Duane Michals, great innovative photographic artist, NYC, 2017 From the series, Persona “I ask a lot of questions. I’m always involved with language, which I think is essential.” - Duane Michals, Illusions of the Photographer, 2019 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569776281882-XI5LFBXFFPBJPBFF1O4N/Isaac+Julian.1993.jpg Persona - Isaac Julien, Artist, Studio, NYC, 1993 Isaac Julien, CBE, installation artist, filmmaker, NYC, 1993 From the series Persona His films include Young Soul Rebels, Looking for Langston, Fritz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask & Lessons of the Hour All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775049282-W7T8076T0P5M7S7CLXOU/Dylan+Bowcock_RTP+copy.jpg Persona - Dylan Bowcock, Summer of '16, Liverpool, 2016 Dylan Bowcock, Liverpool Studio, UK, 2016 From the series, In Borrowed Light All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615608560478-BARAF0LUXZHP0SF9QTFL/Stockard+Channing.1986.04.jpg Persona - Stockard Channing, Actor, Studio, NYC, 1986 Susan Stockard Channing has inhabited culture defining roles from Rizzo in Grease (1978, directed by Randal Kleiser) to Ouisa Kittredge in Six Degrees of Separation ( 1990, written for her by John Guare). All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775093740-CVVBP027RMB1SGK2WSAB/j.Zoltan.smoke.Paris.2005.000.rtp.jpg Persona - Zoltan Gerliczki, Place des Vosges, Paris, 2005 Zoltan Smoking #1, Place des Vosges,Paris, 2005 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1576968699587-N5IBRVWLOKNBOAPMDJ0A/a9.luc+tuymans.2014.z.jpg Persona - Luc Tuymans, Painter, Antwerp, 2014 Luc Tuymans, photographed in his studio, Antwerp, 2014 From the series, We Are Only Artists All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775125226-915Z9OC47IFCOSMPYQMV/Lady+Bunny.1990.001.rtp.jpg Persona - Lady Bunny, NYC, n.d. Lady Bunny, DJ, & founder of Wigstock, photographed for Out Magazine, NYC, n.d. From the series, Persona All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775151884-JOEEXPMIO9535NA3L3R7/Mike_gonzales_nyc_1992.jpg Persona - Mike Gonzales, Dancer, NYC, 1992 Mike Gonzales, Dancer, NYC, 1992 Mike was a star of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615768034834-Q1LC569J3E1M25FSWISV/Michael+York.1986.01.jpg Persona - Michael York, Studio, NYC, 1986 Michael York, OBE, Actor, photographed for L’Uomo Vogue. Among his memorable roles, of course he was unforgettable in Cabaret (1972, directed by Bob Fosse) and Romeo and Juliet (1968, directed by Franco Zeffirelli). “There’s this endless quest: Who are we ? What are we doing? Where are we going.” - MY All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1576967756409-FRUPEB8FXWGKYB8WOL5N/a2.Diane+Pernet%2CParis%2C2007.z.jpg Persona - Diane Pernet, Place des Vosges, Paris, 2007 From the series, Persona All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775107389-OLMWZOI8B3JIDFOHUZ79/John+Kelly.07.jpg Persona - John Kelly as Barbette (after Man Ray), NYC, n.d. A Strange Beauty, John Kelly as trapeze artist Vander Barbette (after Man Ray), NYC, n.d. From the series, We Are Only Artists All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570986787310-TI2CXXOU7K8F97KRK9XU/Nathan+Johnson.2016.002.RTP.jpg Persona - Nathan J. #2 , Liverpool, UK, 2016 Nathan J. #2, Summer of ‘16, Liverpool Studio, UK, 2016 From the series, His Tender Heir All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775128286-DACIBC7M5EFCA3OGV0AL/Matthew+Barney.1995.00.rtp.jpg Persona - Matthew Barney, Isle of Man, UK, 1995 Matthew Barney, Isle of Man, UK, 1995 Films: Cremaster Cycle, Drawing Restraint The cremaster is a muscle of the pelvis and the perineum which covers the spermatic cord and is fully developed only in the genitalia of males. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775174844-45TGKBDDL09R9PRZEY2E/po.33.jpg Persona - Francis Ford Coppola, San Francisco, n.d. Francis Ford Coppola, filmmaker, San Francisco n.d. My favorite FFC film is One From the Heart (1981) with Frederic Forest, Teri Garr and Nastasia Kinski. It has a killer soundtrack by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1576968169140-CXAQ7UVENKZFKR5K0W5M/a33.Gwenyth+Paltrow.01.z.jpg Persona - Gwenyth Paltrow, Studio, London, n.d. Paltrow won an Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love (1988, directed by John Madden) All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775215315-VRJWC73L5M9PXA8NFSLL/Robert+Berry.+2016.01.rtp.jpg Persona - Rob, Musician, Summer of '16, Liverpool, 2016 Rob Berry, Musician, Liverpool Studio, 2016 From the series, His Tender Heir All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1576969416385-ZJ0059YREEWSTNKYFBCW/Keanu_Reeves_los_angeles.02+copy.jpg Persona - Keanu Reeves, El Matador Beach, Los Angeles, 1987 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775180889-XIHZ8832AJN7O2ZRKTCG/po.34.jpg Persona - Farah Pahlavi, Paris, 2003 Farah Pahlavi, Paris, 2003 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775284005-ZCFEBX242R38NATHV2PB/Sylvain+La+Fortune.1987.02.jpg Persona - Sylvain LaFortune, Dancer, Studio, NYC, n.d. Sylvain LaFortune, NYC, n.d. Dancer, Lars Lubovitch Dance Co. 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All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615610757657-63A0P37VI7URYJ9U2VLG/Magali.1991.05.jpg Persona - Magali, Studio, NYC, 1991 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615611299536-1CR6ZG6K22TP0M7KYJZ3/Michael+Fink.2018.jpg Persona - Michael Fink, Studio, SCAD Atlanta, 2018 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615759752576-WN3L1B75LZZICZRH0NPN/a.17.Zemfira+Paris.03.z.jpg Persona - Zemfira, Hotel Bristol, Paris, 2007 Zemfira Ramazanova is a Russian alternative rock musician. To date she has sold more than 3 million records. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615766815451-LZK39KTGHYGATTDC9U3O/b3.+Zaldy+and+Mathu.01.z.jpg Persona - Zaldy and Mathu, NYC, 1991 Zaldy Goco, designer & Mathu Andersen, make-up artist and creative consultant. Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570388979158-GYLMPWXNTZT3FOVUG36X/a23.Andy+Warhol+%28with+Edmund+Gwaltney%29%2Cnyc%2C1987.z.jpg Persona - Andy Warhol, with art dealer Edmund Gwaltney, NYC, 1986 Andy Warhol, with art dealer, Edmund Gwaltney, NYC, 1986, photographed for L’Uomo Vogue Andy Warhol died in 1987 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570409113918-NXN6VYGSI1HV25JQ6HV2/Chi+Chi.1987.00.jpg Persona - Chi Chi Valenti, NYC, 1996 Chi Chi Valenti, St Marks in the Bowery, NYC, 1996. The great Chi Chi Valenti, Empress of New York night life (virtual and real time), producer, poet, editrix, founder (with her husband, super DJ Johnny Dynell) of the situationist night club, Mother and it’s many legendary manifestations : Jackie 60, Long Black Veil, Verbal Abuse, Click and Drag and the long running Night of a Thousand Stevies, “Were the leaves this gold and did the lions get away forever? Were there boxes of soot for early snow, Did the ploughman weep much longer when you walked her there across Palace Gate….” - Chi Chi Valenti, Whitechapel Girls . All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1576970585403-I765HKQPQEFX8HO32GKV/Zoltan.smoking.San+Francisco.2003.00.rtp.jpg Persona - Zoltan Smoking, #2, San Francisco, 1998 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/5d87b85ba520905cab4872c5/60367edbae8fc05a45d35163/1619900056777/ Persona https://www.michaeljamesobrien.com/stilllife daily 0.75 2021-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457109554453-5VGSRQEZNP9W2LTP1E25/82.65.179_PS2.jpg Still Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d9b7181d07c0cd16df5f11/1457109554453-5VGSRQEZNP9W2LTP1E25/82.65.179_PS2.jpg Still Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775680090-JSQX8LO23E8J5JC61M7O/Aa_Still+life+with+a+red+tassel.jpg Still Life - Still life with a Red Tassel, n.d. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775699313-HEG1JV8O7J31II7QN7BQ/Broken+eggs.01.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Broken Egg, Antwerp, 2013 “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775642652-XIZEXI98W6SCXZ9ZAYGP/Still+Life.08.jpg Still Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775733944-W18U5ZNS8XOE0YOCP654/Garlick+Stillife.01.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Garlic Bulb and a Water Glass, n.d. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775718526-IB7F3EC60AENJ7GBYDY3/carpe_diem_002.2014.rtp.jpg Still Life - Momento Mori, n.d. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775797839-6X0ONJPW76Z6IM7BRWVA/nat.09.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Beaded Corset by Mr. Pearl, Paris, 2007 “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775752800-F91A0O58XBOS8QSS2MWH/globe%2CStill.02.jpg Still Life - Still Life with Leather Gloves , for Terence Sellers, NYC, 2003 Terence Sellers (aka Angel Stern) was a brilliant writer and essayist. Her books include The Correct Sadist (1983) and Dungeon Evidence (1997) . Her papers are in the Fales Library at NYU. She died in 2016 These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775802019-9A4H4NXM7KZE9LE9480C/nat.20.jpg Still Life - Flemish Still Life with a Green Opalina Vase, Antwerp, 2012 “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775840592-36DL5UPKVTUS7RQ88702/opalina.01.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Blue Opalina Vase, Antwerp, 2013 In Collaboration with artist Ronald van der Hilst. These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775846647-E59N1IFFHISRNW9QTZVR/opalina.03.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Turquoise Vase, Antwerp, 2010 In Collaboration with Ronald van der Hilst & Menno Kroon. These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775851983-XEC1JW0C6G55GSHLD46Y/opalina.05.jpg Still Life - Opalina Still Life with Tulips, Antwerp, 2013 Collaboration with designer Ronald van der Hilst. These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775852959-7O9CZV5PVVTU3GP6KKZS/Opalina.09.jpg Still Life - Opalina Still Life with Two Vases and Two Tulips, Antwerp, 2013. In collaboration with artist Ronald van der Hilst. These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775894871-R75DJTPD7UUIPGXZZ4N6/still+gold.01.jpg Still Life - Flemish Still Life with Flowers and a Gold Vase, Antwerp, 2014 In collaboration with designer and gardener, Ronald van der Hilst These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775908694-2AZHWIVKCRUV2ISMVXS4/Still+life+with+a+broken+vase.2000.rtp.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Broken Vase, n.d. “The broken wall, the burning roof and tower/ And Agamemnon dead.” —William Butler Yeats, Leda and the Swan These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775951290-APA0A5EYKC9A533KN54X/Still+life+with+a+green+glass.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Green Glass, n.d. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.”- Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775913903-7UGTHPF1PNDAILZOM14L/Still+life+with+a+crystal+ball.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Coral Branch and a Crystal Globe, NYC, 2002. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775956991-MCIAISRSI4R3UF3GUYPD/Still+life+with+a+long+feather_.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Long Feather, Paris, 2007. In collaboration with Betony Vernon. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775960991-8MC2AY5I7BOVT0M12TCQ/Still+life+with+a+metal+corset.000.rtp.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Metal Torso, for Marion de Beaupre, Paris 2003 “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569776024228-4OBIQ6LH16BI853RUFU1/Still+life+with+a+white+feather+%28for+Mr.+Pearl%29.rtp.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a White Feather, for Dita von Teese, Paris, 2003 “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.” -Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569776029631-XTS5P5Q9UX6RGS8BA2SU/Still+life+with+Leigh+Bowery%27s+Butterfly_.jpg Still Life - Still Life with Leigh Bowery's Butterfly, for Mr.Pearl, Paris, 2003. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.”- Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569775996089-EZLK7J06MI0RML3KA8M1/Still+life+with+a+silver+mask%2Cparis%2C2005.jpg Still Life - Still Life with a Skull and a Silver Mask, Paris, 2007 Silver mask by Betony Vernon, www.betonyvernon.com “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.”-Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569776034699-LXJJUJ09LTBKTQI3U35P/Still+life+with+a+unicorn.jpg Still Life - Still Life with an Orchid, a Green Apple and a Plaster Unicorn, London, 2014 “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.”-Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569776072624-GZ2S2ZG6TP2PV3K40Q2B/Still+life.06.jpg Still Life - One Pink Rose, n.d. “So the object brings the subject to life not in its relative presence, but in its irreducible absence.”-Jean Baudrillaud, Integral Reality These photographs are 22 x 17 inches Edition of 7 (+2AP) Archival Pigment prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Fine Art Paper All Still Life photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://www.michaeljamesobrien.com/girlfriend daily 0.75 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180594411-G5XA4S1FVAVCEX9O6QS8/b24.Lavinia.wigstock.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - Lavinia (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 Lavinia (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 “ I came to Manhattan with just a handbag” - Lavinia Co-op All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180594411-G5XA4S1FVAVCEX9O6QS8/b24.Lavinia.wigstock.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - Lavinia (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 Lavinia (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 “ I came to Manhattan with just a handbag” - Lavinia Co-op All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180738622-GIYJW0AAEEAABWVX86RE/b19.Ebony+Jet%2Cwigstock.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - Ebony Jet (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 Ebony Jet (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 “We’re all born naked, everything else is drag” - RuPaul Charles All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180739088-UR68PQ05L74WDAI3FQQA/b20.Miss+Guy%2Cwigstock.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - Miss Guy (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 Miss Guy (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 “You’ve got your mother in a whirl; she’s not sure if you’re a boy or a girl.” - David Bowie, Rebel, Rebel All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180888283-DAHMX31AOYJ2G1UQF2UH/b4.+Lady+Bunny.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - Lady Bunny, Wigstock, NYC, 1992 Lady Bunny, Wigstock, NYC, 1992 “The woman who comes by her beauty naturally is not necessarily intelligent or clever or even congenial-just lucky” - Holly Brubach, Girlfriend; Men, Women and Drag (Random House 1999). All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180889565-A1UESPJ6UMLQITCK9GBT/b5.Sister+dimension.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - Billy Beyond and Sister Dimension, NYC, 1992 Billy Beyond and Sister Dimension, Wigstock, NYC, 1992 “Clothes are but the symbol of something hid deep beneath” - Virginia Woolf, Orlando All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180741635-H2BBZZYKYW2LUICPY13Z/Dorian+Corey.NYC.1991.jpg Girlfriend - O Dorian; Dorian Corey (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 Dorian Corey (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 Dorian Corey, drag performer & trans woman is the narrator of “Paris is Burning” (Jennie Livingston, 1990). “If two people remember your name, then you’ve left a mark. If you shoot an arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you.” - Dorian Corey. She died in 1993. “Years ago , closing a place, hitting the street, looking up-I saw (I thought I saw) Dorian Corey in her yellow feather coat, at dawn, but it was only the sun” -Michael James O’Brien, Blueprint c.2019mjo All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180913171-E107QME0I5P76NIVTT7V/b7.Constance.Wigstock.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - Constance (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 Constance (Girlfriend), Wigstock, NYC, 1992 “Holly came from Miami, F-L-A, Hitchhiked her way across the USA. Plucked her eyebrows on the way; shaved her legs and then he was a she. She said, ‘Hey, Babe, take a walk on the wild side’” - Lou Reed, “Walk on the Wild Side”. All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180913836-RCBCGFOLFEX58I71TL6W/b10.Butch+Queens+in+Chanel.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - Butch Chanel: John, Robert and Michael, NYC, 1992 Butch Chanel: John, Robert and Michael, (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 “He left Phoenix in the morning, in the early dawning moments when the world is purple; and he saw on the highway, bands of spectral birds clustered on the pavement searching for God knows what…so near the sleeping city.” - John Rechy, City of Night (Grove Press, 1955). All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180932307-L3YBJANP6M4S2AJT2221/b12.Wigstock%2C+La+Homma.01.z.jpg Girlfriend - LaHoma Van Zandt, NYC, 1992 LaHoma Van Zandt, (Girlfriend), NYC, 1992 “As soon as I finished work I’d walk around the streets of Atlanta looking for something. I saw these two creatures with long hair and make-up just walking along the street screaming. I knew that I had found what I was looking for.” - Jayne County, Man Enough to be a Woman (Serpents Tail, 1995). All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1619901714797-HLT3A7TLYOY6R5Z1ZGPM/Girlfriend.Jojo+America%2Cwigstock.02.jpg Girlfriend - JoJo Americo, Wigstock, NYC, 1992 “Just like perfection Ego alert, flawless Absolutely flawless” - The Ones, Flawless All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved All photographs were made with a Pentax 6x7 on Kodak Tri-x film rated at 320 in natural light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1574387624725-A7B33QMZ9TXCYVIDSMZH/gir.18.jpg Girlfriend - Joey Arias Channeling Billie Holiday, NYC, 1992 Timeless and Legendary. “No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist” - Oscar Wilde All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569180931692-5MHF3RTWL2BV3PFEGDIT/b13.Jem+Jender.1992.02.z.jpg Girlfriend - Jem Jender, Studio, NYC, 1992 Jem Jender, NYC, 1992 “We are living in a hall of mirrors. In drag we witness the triumph of illusion.” - Holly Brubach, Girlfriend; Men Women and Drag (Random House, 1999). All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1619903367046-QQ2GN93EROFTUY9RU8CN/FL-Wigstock_A4499-2402-2+2.jpg Girlfriend - Alexander (Girlfriend) Wigstock, NYC, 1992 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569181028115-RQHYPNL8CGCZ6HKPIXHK/tabboo%21.jpg Girlfriend - Tabboo!, NYC, 1992 Tabboo!, NYC, 1992 “They will roll down the rugs or sprawl carefully on coaches. Their make up will be perfect. They will take back the night.” - Chi Chi Valenti, Take Back the Night All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569181111262-URCMJGLRQR93O0EP3Z3O/gir.05.jpg Girlfriend - Mona Foot, Wigstock, NYC, 1992 Mona Foot is the performance persona of Nashom Wooden. He died on May 12, 2020. “The living language of dreams. 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All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569181110814-WS14T31EOQYJQIUKWMI5/gir.06.jpg Girlfriend - Ming Vauze, NYC, 1992 Ming Vauze (Benjamin Liu), NYC, 1992 “Impersonation is the supreme act of creation.” - Yukio Mishima, Forbidden Colors All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569181115467-1DWY5Q6GTKMEAYWQ1R3D/gir.07.jpg Girlfriend - Kabuki Starshine, Wigstock, NYC, 1992 “Nobody wakes up looking like Dietrich or Garbo” - Kabuki Starshine All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569181116148-6MHW3KYEFWGG7UUBT7XE/gir.09.jpg Girlfriend - Ulrich Suss, NYC, 1992 Ulrich Suss, Wigstock, NYC, 1992 “He rose. He stood upright in complete nakedness before us, and while the trumpets pealed Truth! Truth! 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Too many masks worn and worn out, too many old lonesome byways traveled over and retraveled for that to be a secret anymore.” -Terence Sellers, 1988 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569778559113-GFB9HB5OKLZMELR3E9P5/Interior.%2309.jpg Paris Interiors - Paris Interior 10, 2007 “Perhaps someone is waiting for me to tell them the X word is love. Too many masks worn and worn out, too many old lonesome byways traveled over and retraveled for that to be a secret anymore.” -Terence Sellers, 1988 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569778547830-41JALCQ8NETA1AQ5TPQU/Paris+Interior_The+Glove_02.jpg Paris Interiors - Paris Interior 11, 2008 “Perhaps someone is waiting for me to tell them the X word is love. 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Too many masks worn and worn out, too many old lonesome byways traveled over and retraveled for that to be a secret anymore.” -Terence Sellers, 1988 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://www.michaeljamesobrien.com/matthew-barney daily 0.75 2021-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780183418-OUPG43564U047L1LOAL1/MB.gellert.01.jpg Matthew Barney - Matthew Barney, Gellert Bath, Budapest, 1996 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780183418-OUPG43564U047L1LOAL1/MB.gellert.01.jpg Matthew Barney - Matthew Barney, Gellert Bath, Budapest, 1996 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780195071-9X42PUSFY2HNMD10S1TZ/Matthew+Barney%2C+drawing+restraint+7%2Cnyc%2C1993.jpg Matthew Barney - Matthew Barney (Diptych) Studio, NYC, 1992 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780215347-BAW38OPKA9G11DDB6JUA/MB.gellert.03.jpg Matthew Barney - Matthew Barney, Gellert Bath, Budapest, 1996 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615765707460-UZNBL7O4FPML5P11091L/Scott.1998.03.jpg Matthew Barney - Cremaster 2 (Outtake) Studio, NYC 1998 Still from Cremaster 2 with (L to R) Anonymous as Baby Fay La Foe, Scott Ewalt as Frank Gilmore, Lauren Pine as Bessie Gilmore. All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615765640493-3YRQZJJN780Z5AWJ271Q/MB.gellert.02.jpg Matthew Barney - Matthew Barney, Gellert Bath, Budapest, 1996 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780238113-3UEOCWKY6YSC81VLR7BZ/Untitled-2.jpg Matthew Barney - Marti Domination as Goodyear in Cremaster 1, Studio, NYC, 1995 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780325582-NBUG7ZTG7ZVZHE9VVU8E/gellert.22.jpg Matthew Barney - Matthew Barney, Gellert Bath, Budapest, 1996 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780293902-NVVRQVDUWEWOD7RXYN4L/gellert.04.jpg Matthew Barney - Gellert Bath, Budapest, 1996 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780372118-7DUORQR74VECXZDAEVMF/Matthew+Barney.x.jpg Matthew Barney - Studio, NYC, 1993 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780558910-GQ2EGYHKWJLN1KXFD2JC/Barney.01.jpg Matthew Barney - Matthew Barney as the Loughton Candidate, Isle of Man, 1995 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569780907365-UJTNXNC4W3U4RT713UZW/Good+Year.1995.08.jpg Matthew Barney - Cremaster 1 with Marti Domination as Goodyear (Outtake), Boise, Idaho, 1995 All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781199940-H4V1ASMNWZAK3QD5TDGM/MB.Budapest.1996.02.jpg Matthew Barney - 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Cremaster 5 (Outtake), Budapest, 1996 Still from Cremaster 5: Ursula Andress as the Queen of Chain & Matthew Barney as her Diva All work from collaboration with Matthew Barney from 1993-2000 Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrienAll Rights Reserved https://www.michaeljamesobrien.com/diptychs daily 0.75 2021-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781764244-7MYGNOJYOCRVIAGY9555/hyacinth.02.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - Lycidas (Diptych), n.d. “Who would not sing for Lycidas?” - Milton, Lycidas c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781764244-7MYGNOJYOCRVIAGY9555/hyacinth.02.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - Lycidas (Diptych), n.d. “Who would not sing for Lycidas?” - Milton, Lycidas c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781793550-HMDTR5TW68GJW0151O3J/untitled.01.diptych.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - 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The End of the Road (Diptych), Antwerp, n.d. “So love is a hoax, A glittering stream Of little white lies But these are the jokes And what if they bring The tears to your eyes…” -Caroline Leigh & Cy Coleman, The Rules of the Road c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781795807-4FRXYBQ5C7ZY52D9V1CL/untitled.05+.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - When They Come Alive (Diptych), n.d. “…Where youth grows pale and spectre-thin, and dies; Where but to think is to be full of sorrow…” - Keats, Ode to a Nightingale c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570976342090-5YAKNJUY3AUVXWS3BV8V/untitled.14.diptych.2014.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - In the Evening, n.d. “I picked up a letter again, read it over and over till the light faded.” - Cavafy, In the Evening c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781773225-3U3JLYAT1PXDB2KQNNTE/mr.p.mirror+diptych.2014.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - Mr Pearl, Reflected, Paris, n.d. “…living under Notre Dame’s shadowy pinnacles amongst singular brocades & the feathers of extinct birds…” MJO, Mr Pearl c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781776169-11DTPCWAVT0G3VRZPSUW/oliver.diptych.01.z.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - Oliver's Profile (Diptych), Antwerp, n.d. “…his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there.” -Danez Smith, dinosaurs in the hood c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781814959-81T8CHE3WVQ917Q9DNKV/untitled.15+diptych.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - Golden Days (Diptych), n.d. “I ask myself if the great Alexandria of ancient times could boast of a boy more exquisite, more perfect- thoroughly neglected though he was…” -Cavafy, Days of 1909, ‘10 And ‘11 c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569782209699-Y6PUXRHIZ8ASF7OR3YBQ/voices.03.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - Hidden Things (Diptych), n.d. “On hearing about great love, respond, be moved like an aesthete. Only, fortunate as you’ve been, remember how much your imagination created for you.” - Cavafy, On Hearing of Love c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1569781987197-Y7209L33KLGFQ7IDNE9I/paul.l.01.diptych.jpg In Spite of Dreams: Diptychs & Triptychs - Paul (Diptych), NYC, n.d. “I imagined him heavy with the hope of other men” - Andrew McMillan, Screen c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://www.michaeljamesobrien.com/in-borrowed-light daily 0.75 2021-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570416340205-H4WRM5Y0TPRKNXUKIJ3D/toon+pink.01.jpg In Borrowed Light - Borrowed Light is under construction Pink Toon, 2014 Since 2000 my work has been based on a reaction to living through the decades of loss due to the AIDS crisis. The current series is inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphosis: The Fall of Icarus, Apollo and Hyacinthus, (“You should have lived forever in my sight, your life well-earned…” Book X) as well as the poems of Cavafy (Before Time Changed Them) and David Bowie (Rebel Rebel).The photos are a combination of analogue and digital processing and often layered to mirror memory and time: longing, loss, transformation, discovery. “I never found them again-all lost so quickly…the poetic eyes, the pale face…in the darkening street” -C.P. Cavafy, Days of 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1570416340205-H4WRM5Y0TPRKNXUKIJ3D/toon+pink.01.jpg In Borrowed Light - Borrowed Light is under construction Pink Toon, 2014 Since 2000 my work has been based on a reaction to living through the decades of loss due to the AIDS crisis. The current series is inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphosis: The Fall of Icarus, Apollo and Hyacinthus, (“You should have lived forever in my sight, your life well-earned…” Book X) as well as the poems of Cavafy (Before Time Changed Them) and David Bowie (Rebel Rebel).The photos are a combination of analogue and digital processing and often layered to mirror memory and time: longing, loss, transformation, discovery. “I never found them again-all lost so quickly…the poetic eyes, the pale face…in the darkening street” -C.P. Cavafy, Days of 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615421748139-SMJDIV5YPC5YN5XEM4Z7/Pink+Toon+by+Zoltan.2020.0.jpg In Borrowed Light - Love & Deth (Pink Toon) , 2019 In Borrowed Light is my version of Cartier-Bresson’s “decisive moment”: you plan, you’re smart, you are in luck if you catch it & then its over & before you know it you are like Orpheus leading Eurydice or Antinous out of the underworld, in borrowed light, trying not to look back. -MJO 2021 “Now eyes are closer to the bone & luminous; Lives are closer to the bone & luminous I hear voices saying, ‘Look for me’ - but where?” - MJO, Times Square c.2021 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615596082321-OQRPGWXBI10EGFS4RGSE/5.Michael%2C+Roses%2C+2020.jpg In Borrowed Light - Michael, Roses, 2020 “…as vivid as night blooming flowers waiting for the night to end.” -MJO, Spiritus Pizza, c.2021mjo All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615592870451-5BJ1FEGK4QMY72GHJ6LQ/3.Hope+%28Jay+in+a+black+dress%29.01.z.jpg In Borrowed Light - Hope (Jay in a black dress, after J.S. Sargent), 2019. “Hope flaps a tinsel wing… 3 am & all of love is just like this: like the magic robe Medea gave to Jason’s young wife- so beautiful at first you try it on. It fits. It clings- then turns to flame.” -MJO, Gold Colored Dudes c.2021 All Photographs c.2021michaeljamesobrien All Rights Reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d87b82d23c815126c2aa49c/1615592931035-OQM66QJFZZ3HOF2GH22Z/16A.Damien.Paris.2016.01.rtp+copy.jpg In Borrowed Light - Damien, Studio, Place des Vosges, Paris 2006 “And I worship. I have seen what I have seen. 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