Patricia Pettitt (b. 1980) started her career as a dancer before moving into photography in 2018. Her background in performance permeates the following pages, in which she appears as an anonymous protagonist navigating various cinematic environments: misty landscapes, otherworldly spaces and retro-styled interiors. Location and character building are central to her staged image-making approach; she is both the author and main character of these mysterious fictional stories. Pettitt’s narratives explore concepts of femininity, intimacy, beauty, desire and melancholy. Hall of Mirrors (2019-2020), for instance, examines preconceived notions of womanhood and how they affect the way female-identifying individuals see and present themselves in society. It’s all about the concept of “keeping up appearances.” Eclipse (2022 – present), meanwhile, plunges us into darkness, where deep navy blue and blood red palettes suggest that nothing is as it seems. patriciapettitt.com
Image credits:
1. Patricia Pettitt, Orange Grove. Image courtesy the artist.
2. Patricia Pettitt, As Deep As Your Soul. Image courtesy the artist.
3. Patricia Pettitt, Sorrow. Image courtesy the artist.
4. Patricia Pettitt, from Hall of Mirrors. Image courtesy the artist.
5. Patricia Pettitt, Melancholy. Image courtesy the artist.
6. Patricia Pettitt, from Eclipse. Image courtesy the artist.
7. Patricia Pettitt, When Night Falls. Image courtesy the artist.
8. Patricia Pettitt, from Hall of Mirrors. Image courtesy the artist.
9. Patricia Pettitt, Self Portrait, from Eclipse. Image courtesy the artist.
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