Eldritch
10-06-2011, 09:13 PM
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Photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 16 years.
Rotterdam’s heterogeneous, multicultural street scene remains a major source of inspiration for Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek, although since 1998 they have also worked in many cities abroad.
They call their series Exactitudes: a contraction of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects in an identical framework, with similar poses and a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people’s attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity. The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity is, however, taken to such extremes in their arresting objective-looking photographic viewpoint and stylistic analysis that the artistic aspect clearly dominates the purely documentary element.
Examples:
Bimbos: Rotterdam 1996 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/4)
Gabberbitches: Rotterdam 1996 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/3)
Ghoulies: Rotterdam 2002 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/53)
New School: Evry 2009 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/120)
Some truly pathetic specimens here:
Cool Cafe: Milano 2011 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/130)
More: www.exactitudes.com
http://images.telerama.fr/medias/2008/10/media_34505/nous-sommes-tous-des-clones-le-collectif-exactitudes-1-2,M13717.jpg
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRTfH5UmvzxXCCw9ioEARhkW3V4DuCMf GnSb7RUlC0jxUFBbaK6Rg
Photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 16 years.
Rotterdam’s heterogeneous, multicultural street scene remains a major source of inspiration for Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek, although since 1998 they have also worked in many cities abroad.
They call their series Exactitudes: a contraction of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects in an identical framework, with similar poses and a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people’s attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity. The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity is, however, taken to such extremes in their arresting objective-looking photographic viewpoint and stylistic analysis that the artistic aspect clearly dominates the purely documentary element.
Examples:
Bimbos: Rotterdam 1996 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/4)
Gabberbitches: Rotterdam 1996 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/3)
Ghoulies: Rotterdam 2002 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/53)
New School: Evry 2009 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/120)
Some truly pathetic specimens here:
Cool Cafe: Milano 2011 (http://www.exactitudes.com/index.php?/series/detail/130)
More: www.exactitudes.com