Employing a vintage carnival scene as a means to both entertain as well as evoke allegorical significance, Chimera explores the layers of human existence and the external façade we build around ourselves in order to protect our vulnerabilities. The complexities of self-acceptance and denial ultimately effect what we individually reveal or keep hidden inside. The chimera we become, as a result, is composed of very disparate parts, perceived as wildly imaginative, often implausible, and also quite dazzling.
Photography by Scott Mitchell. Music by New Orleans Rag Time Orchestra (“War Clouds”), Tim Story (“Angel of the Elegies”), and Claude Bolling (“Fiancees en Folie”).