BIOGRAPHY
Kalliope Amorphous is a visual artist working with conceptual self portrait photography. Described as a “Jill Of All Trades” by Dazed And Confused, Kalliope is the model, stylist and photographer of all of her images. Using her own image as a prop to create the protagonists of her stories, her photographs explore archetype, myth, fantasy and the fluid nature of identity.
Self-taught in photography, Kalliope continues to create her own alternative processes and in-camera methodologies using handmade and alternative lighting as well as experimenting with textiles, surfaces and distortion techniques.
She has received worldwide recognition for her work in creative self-portraiture. Her photographs have been published and exhibited throughout the United States and internationally.
Kalliope also creates handmade perfumes for Black Baccara perfumery, writes poetry and prose and works in experimental film and mixed media projects.
STATEMENT
I am not a photographer or a narcissist. I am an artist with a camera. Rather than approaching self-portraiture from an autobiographical perspective, I push the boundaries of what I define as “self” and “other” by playing with ideas of identity, gender, archetype, emotion and the visual interpretations and possibilities that exist within them. I do not consider myself a photographer, but rather an artist and storyteller using the camera as a tool to create.
I am continually drawn to concepts involving the subconscious, alienation, isolation, time, memory and transcendence. I can more deeply explore my conceptual ideas by embracing the roles of both photographer and subject. Other sides of my work explore my affinity for paradox and the juxtaposition of light and dark, beauty and beast.
Photography is visual poetry and I love the powerful link between the written word and the wordless image. The still image is without words, yet is capable of equally as much poetry. There is a paradox there that I love working with. In a good session, that collaboration will be tangible in the finished image.
Kalliope Amorphous is a visual artist working with conceptual self portrait photography. Described as a “Jill Of All Trades” by Dazed And Confused, Kalliope is the model, stylist and photographer of all of her images. Using her own image as a prop to create the protagonists of her stories, her photographs explore archetype, myth, fantasy and the fluid nature of identity.
Self-taught in photography, Kalliope continues to create her own alternative processes and in-camera methodologies using handmade and alternative lighting as well as experimenting with textiles, surfaces and distortion techniques.
She has received worldwide recognition for her work in creative self-portraiture. Her photographs have been published and exhibited throughout the United States and internationally.
Kalliope also creates handmade perfumes for Black Baccara perfumery, writes poetry and prose and works in experimental film and mixed media projects.
STATEMENT
I am not a photographer or a narcissist. I am an artist with a camera. Rather than approaching self-portraiture from an autobiographical perspective, I push the boundaries of what I define as “self” and “other” by playing with ideas of identity, gender, archetype, emotion and the visual interpretations and possibilities that exist within them. I do not consider myself a photographer, but rather an artist and storyteller using the camera as a tool to create.
I am continually drawn to concepts involving the subconscious, alienation, isolation, time, memory and transcendence. I can more deeply explore my conceptual ideas by embracing the roles of both photographer and subject. Other sides of my work explore my affinity for paradox and the juxtaposition of light and dark, beauty and beast.
Photography is visual poetry and I love the powerful link between the written word and the wordless image. The still image is without words, yet is capable of equally as much poetry. There is a paradox there that I love working with. In a good session, that collaboration will be tangible in the finished image.