I moved to New Orleans post Katrina to improve
tourism to the area. I was there exploring the businesses there and surveying
them on the issues that they were having in driving their businesses. I was
particularly interested in things that made the French Quarter unique and could
bring back the "Old Quarter". I surveyed a business owner and artist named Craig
Tracy. He is an artist who brings two mediums together bodypainting and
photography. Tracy has been painting since the age of sixteen and taking body
painting seriously since 2002 and opened his gallery 2006. Each image is a photograph is a model and backdrop with completely
painted by the artist. The illusionist style that the artist uses is even more
impressive because he uses little-to-no Photoshop in his images. The average time
to paint the body is a full day and preprinting the backdrop is typical.
"It
is my intent to continue to explore and expand the perceptions
and boundaries of this most ancient, alluring, and
contemporary art form."
~ Craig
Tracy
Thank you,
Jazzmynn Finney
This work is so unique. Craig Tracy brings the live figure and precise, detailed illustration together and then captures them in a beautiful photograph! New Orleans is the perfect venue for this work....it is mysterious and really far from mainstream...the city is historic and dramatic. They are meant for each other.
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