General reference articles about the history of silhouette portraits and the unexpected ways they influence art and culture today.
I SPEND SO MUCH TIME writing and researching unknown and obscure silhouette artists that the question “who are the best known silhouette artists?” rather threw me. The art of the silhouette portrait is, on the one hand, ubiquitous. We see silhouettes everywhere, yet few people know much about the artists who made them.
WATCHING THE PRECARIOUS political situation currently unfolding in France I’m reminded of the origin of the word silhouette. I’m acutely aware that those who know me well will tease me about this. They’ll tell you that absolutely everything reminds me of silhouettes!
IN NOVEMBER 2022 I was invited to give a short talk about my work at the prestigious TEDx meeting in Arendal, on the south coast of Norway. The video of my talk has just been released and I have great pleasure in sharing it here (time: 15 mins approx)
MY FILM SILHOUETTE SECRETS includes a cameo appearance by the late Paul Daniels. This interview, our “Paul Daniels cameo,” was filmed while production was already underway. We were looking for a magician to talk about Dai Vernon, the celebrated father of close-up magic, who earned a living as a street silhouettist during the Great American Depression.
WHAT SHOULD a silhouettist’s approach to data protection be? This question has been much on my mind recently. I’m not alone; the launch of GDPR in Europe – and the subsequent wave of reply-or-unsubscribe emails – has got everybody thinking. What kind of data do I use?
