Still Lives Mannequins: Reflections on Identity

"Still Lives" is a photographic essay on the silent "lives" of shop window mannequins. The photographs are not collaged; each composition is presented as the camera found it. The reflections are an integral part of the images providing a glimpse into the world of each frozen figure. These photographs are both realistic and surrealistic and run the gamut from high-fashion New York City mannequins to those of the diametrically opposed world of East Oakland. "Still Lives" is designed to encourage the viewer to think outside the box and become aware of the worlds hiding behind the surface of the everyday .

Barbara Burghart-Perreault is an award-winning graphic artist, writer and photographer. She was born and raised in Topeka, Kansas but has spent most of her life in California. She now lives in Marin county, twenty miles north of San Francisco with her black cat, Avalein.