Recent content by Brendan Quirk

TV82-19 Unattainable and Unspoken - I Can be Seen - Who is This? “Here I am, on display, all can see me. I am a Nurse, in view of all. Who is this man lurking in the distance. What are his intentions?” (Someone like Richard Speck?) There is too much vulnerability in our world. Would that we all...

See first comment below. Last of series - Thank You for watching! Photos were taken in December of 1981/October of 1981. These prints were made in November, 2022 on 8” x 8” paper.

TV82-18 Unattainable and Unspoken - For Love - or for Money? A woman at her dressing table. Here we have make-up, grooming, enhancing attractiveness. Ready for love, romance, promise, future. I hope her future is not tied to the coin on which her likeness appears to lie. Sometimes, lives seem to...

See first comment below. Photos were taken in December of 1981/October of 1981. These prints were made in November, 2022 on 8” x 8” paper.

Of course!

TV82-17 Unattainable and Unspoken - Happy Together - but We Wait These happy women in an ad, both pretty, secure, and united together in purpose. Real life: young women on beach sunbathing, maybe wondering who might be watching, on display for all. How long do they wait for the attention given...

See first comment below. Photos were taken in December of 1981/July of 1982. These prints were made in November, 2022 on 8” x 8” paper.

TV82-16 Unattainable and Unspoken - Sometimes Safe - Sometimes Vulnerable A sweet model from an 80s commercial with her bra on over her shirt. We must preserve her modesty and her safety! This woman seems abandoned, alone, distant, vulnerable. Where is her safety? Going from safe to vulnerable...

See first comment below Photos were taken in December of 1981/July of 1982. These prints were made in November, 2022 on 8” x 8” paper.

Having fun!

Thanks.

TV82-15 Unattainable and Unspoken - Sultry? They are Watching A very sultry and direct gaze from a beautiful woman. She looks straight into our eyes, and is obviously in command. Reality, however, sometimes differs. Here, another beautiful woman must return from the beach under the watchful eyes...

See first comment below. Photos were taken in December of 1981/July of 1982. These prints were made in November, 2022 on 8” x 8” paper.

TV82-14 Unattainable and Unspoken - Admire, Objectify, and Capture “An exotic, soulful, native of wherever, is performing heartfelt cultural music on what is no doubt an exotic native instrument” we might think. Our touristic gaze tends to reduce this image to an objectified, clichéd trope. The...

See the first post below for the text for this image. Photos were taken in December of 1981/November of 1981. These prints were made in November, 2022 on 8” x 8” paper.