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Useing staged actors to create “meticulously designed mise en scène

Alex Prager is an American art photographer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her photographs primarily use staged actors, models and extras to create "meticulously designed mise en scène”, often described as film-like and hyperreal.
Career Prager began her photography practice after viewing an exhibition of William Eggleston’s at the Getty Museum in 1999-2000. Her staged color photographs are described by Ken Johnson as being influenced by Cindy Sherman, Philip-Lorca diCorcia and Douglas Sirk. In 2005, Prager created a group of works, The Book of Disquiet, as an exhibition and joint publication with artist Mercedes Helnwein. She began to gain more attention after exhibiting Polyester in 2007, which focused on Southern California and portraits of various women and girls. Her next series, titled “The Big Valley”, was shown in 2008 at Michael Hoppen Gallery in London and in 2009 at Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York. In 2010, along with the series Week-End, Prager created her first short film, Despair which was based on her earlier photographic work. Inspired by the 1948 film The Red Shoes and set in 1960s Los Angeles, the four-minute film chronicles the struggle of a ballerina – played by actress Bryce Dallas Howard – whose obsession with dance conflicts with her need for love, ultimately leading her to suicide. The film was included in Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition “New Photography 2010” where Prager was recognized as a notable emerging talent.
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