Eye-D Project by Anna Gabriel
10 Limited Edition Box Sets of 10 Pigments Prints
Featuring Portraits
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Sting
Peter Gabriel
Kevin Bacon
Susan Sarandon
Waris Ahluwalia
Angélique Kidjo
Rufus Wainwright
Jean Michel Jarre
Willem Dafoe
Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot
A portion of the proceeds made from this sale will be donated to The Voice Project and Art for Amnesty.
The Voice Project advocates for imprisoned artists, supports the art of activism, and works to defend free expression around the globe.
Art for Amnesty is a global community of artists of all disciplines and nationalities who share Amnesty International’s vision of a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.
Anna Gabriel is a photographer, filmmaker and editor who has worked with celebrities such as Run DMC, EmmyLou Harris, Joan Baez, Robert Plant, Iggy Pop. Anna has directed music videos for artists Peter Gabriel, Joseph Arthur, Jesca Hoop and Emmanuel Jal. She directed and edited the documentary film Growing Up on Tour: A Family Portrait, released by Seventh Art in 2004, Still Growing Up: Live and Unwrapped in 2006 and Taking The Pulse: Live in Verona in 2012. Anna has also filmed and directed documentary work for numerous non-profit organizations such as The Voice Project, Happy Hearts Fund and Delete Blood Cancer.
Looking into someone’s eyes for a prolonged period can simultaneously unnerve and bring closeness. Oxytocin is released and the personal boundaries we maintain are challenged. Connections, emotions, sublanguage, healing, all flow between us via the eyes.
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The subjects in this series are all famous faces who are regularly held in the public gaze. Each photograph however forces us to look at them in a different way, and see a side that reveals a different truth. Each of these people have made a mark in this world and have tried, to some extent or another, to choose what to show of themselves. What you seldom see are the struggles, happiness, anger, sadness, joy and emotions experienced in private. The limited box set edition includes Sting, Peter Gabriel, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Bacon, Rufus Wainwright, Pussy Riot, and more. Each subject has handwritten the names of their parents as another mark of what makes us all unique.
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A book of Eye-D will be coming out in 2018 featuring many more subjects such as Johnny Depp, Paul Simon, Robert Plant, Lou Reed, David Byrne, Annie Lennox, Michael Stipe, Randy Newman, Tom Petty, The Edge, BonIver, and more.
Source: https://www.eyedphotographs.com/