Photographers

Alex Prager

Alex Prager is an American photographer and Film maker who lives and works between New York City and Los Angeles.

I have decided to look in detail at Alex Prager's work because it particularly reflects and demonstrates aspects of Film noir. She draws on cinematic cues from directors Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch, Prager’s photos use exaggerated angles and theatrical lighting to create a melodramatic world of mystery with women frequently poised beneath low flying planes—Prager’s signature homage to the film North by Northwest. The suggestively bleak compositions are balanced by the bold hues of the vintage clothing and synthetic wigs that subjects wear. “People used color then in a way they’d be embarrassed to use now,” Prager reasons. Her photography work Coincides well with Film Noir and some of her work displays aspects such as:

• Night time urban settings
• 'Femme fatale' like characters e.g. seductive dress, red lipstick
• Vintage dress/fashion
• Minimal lighting
• Obscure camera angles
• Rainy/dark settings
• Aspects of mystery, suspense and drama

 Alex Prager's short film- Despair

I am going to use Alex Prager's work to inspire my film and photography. I am going to explore the ways in which she uses obscure angles, vintage dress and night time settings e.t.c for my own poster and film review.