“When I ask if you’re talented, you’d better say yes.” – Bryan Cranston
Curtain Calls features portraits made in collaboration with performers of all stripes. Drawing upon improv traditions, the subject is given a series of prompts and their responses are photographed in the stylized setting of a spotlight and stage curtains.
The project’s emphasis is upon the active role the subject plays in the creation of portraiture and upon capturing and conveying the personality of the individual performers. The titles of the individual works are based on the prompt to which the subject was responding.
![Sammy Obeid - A Bit of the Ol' Razzle Dazzle (Stand Ups I: Royal Curtain)]( "sammyobeidrazzledazzle")
Sammy Obeid – A Bit of the Ol’ Razzle Dazzle (Stand Ups I: Royal Curtain)
![Samantha Glassner - Napoleon at Austerlitz and crossing the Berezina (Dramatis Personae: Red Curtain)]( "napoleon")
Samantha Glassner – Napoleon at Austerlitz and crossing the Berezina (Dramatis Personae: Red Curtain)
![Olivia Harewood - No Mr. Bond... (Stand Ups I: Royal Curtain)]( "oliviaharewoodmrbond")
Olivia Harewood – No Mr. Bond… (Stand Ups I: Royal Curtain)
![Mary Patterson Broome is Sam Kinsion (Stand Ups II: Gold Curtain)]( "samkinison")
Mary Patterson Broome is Sam Kinsion (Stand Ups II: Gold Curtain)
![Fiona Young - Tea & Assassins (Dramatis Personae: Red Curtain)]( "teaassassins")
Fiona Young – Tea & Assassins (Dramatis Personae: Red Curtain)
![Chinedu Unaka - Looking Stylish in Your 7th Grade School Photo (Stand Ups II: Gold Curtain)]( "chineduunaka7thgradephoto")
Chinedu Unaka – Looking Stylish in Your 7th Grade School Photo (Stand Ups II: Gold Curtain)
![Nick Guerra is George Carlin (Stand Ups I: Royal Curtain)]( "nickguerrageorgecarlin")
Nick Guerra is George Carlin (Stand Ups I: Royal Curtain)
![Peet Guercio Seduces an Asteroid to Save the World from Annihilation (Stand Ups II: Gold Curtain)]( "peetguercioseducesasteroid")
Peet Guercio Seduces an Asteroid to Save the World from Annihilation (Stand Ups II: Gold Curtain)
