Pink prom dress, 2009, Murfreesboro, North Carolina.
I began a series of self portraits in my front parlor wearing ball gowns I found at estate auctions. Each dress held a story of the woman who wore it. Sometimes possessing a faint smell of woodsy floral perfume. The satin 1950s Murfreesboro Red Devils team jacket came from an older gentleman in town which I borrowed for the day. 1950s prom dress
Debutant, prom dresses and shoes have always been a symbol and metaphor in my portraits.
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