Eve, 2008

Eve, 2008 “Eve is part of my Big Valley series that I created very early in my career. At the time I was experimenting a lot with references from artists I admired, and Eve was my homage to Hitchcock. I wanted to be so outward about my love for him that there could be no doubt. The intention of Big Valley was to investigate the human psyche and create images that embody the noir spirit, fabricating moments in time that hint at a much larger story with a disquiet lurking just underneath.” —Alex Prager Alex Prager’s work appeared in Aperture, issue 231, “Film & Foto,” Summer 2018. © Alex Prager Courtesy Alex Prager Studio and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul and London. In celebration of Aperture’s seventieth anniversary, we are pleased to offer this limited-edition print as part of the seventy x seventy print sale. This sale offers a rare opportunity for art enthusiasts to collect original works by some of the most celebrated and influential photographers in the history of the medium while supporting Aperture. Each print is available in an edition of seventy, signed by the artist or estate-stamped. Proceeds from the sale benefit the artist and/or a designated charity of their choice, and provide support for Aperture’s not-for-profit publishing, educational, and public programs. These works are available to collect through September 30 while prints in the edition remain available.

Image size: 9.1 x 7.4 inches
Paper size: 8 x 10 inches
Edition of 70 and 5 Artist’s Proofs
Archival pigment print
Signed and numbered by the artist on a label

Printed by Laumont Editions in New York.

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Black and white wood framing options are available for an additional $100.
Please allow an additional 3 weeks for framed orders to ship.
Mat dimensions: 10 x 12 inches
Frame dimensions: 11 x 13 inches

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Alex Prager (born in Los Angeles, 1979) is an artist and filmmaker who creates elaborately staged scenes that draw inspiration from a wide range of influences and references, including Hollywood cinema, experimental films, popular culture, and street photography. She deliberately casts and stages all of her works, merging past and contemporary sources to create a sense of ambiguity. Her familiar yet uncanny images depict worlds that synthesize fiction and reality and evoke a sense of nostalgia. Prager cultivates the surreal in her photographs and films, creating emotional moments that feel like a fabricated memory or dream. The highly choreographed nature of her photographs and films exposes the way images are constructed and consumed in our media-saturated society.