Tony Favarula
Documentary Style, Portraiture
Tony Favarula
My work is based on the physical and psychological effects of social interaction and being in the world, manifested within the comfort of one’s own home. Everyday moments become templates for photographic reenactments where tension is heightened through the stripping away of superfluous, extraneous details. This yields an image devoid of all but hints of the original encounter, allowing the viewer to identify with the visual cues based on their own experiences and expectations. Maintaining a specific mise-en-scene through repetition and staging the images call into question our awareness of the everyday and the reality that presents itself. These images are an externalized response to social experience from within the modern nuclear family.
