Melanie Pullen's Fashion Statemtent
In her series High Fashion Crime Scenes, LA based photographer Melanie Pullen stages a morbidly humorous perspective on haute couture. Using forensic photos from the LA police files of actual crimes as reference, Pullen’s objective is to comment on the public’s fascination with brutal tragedy at a safe distance, as well as celebrities. Pullen begs the question, "does Hollywood steal the spotlight from important cultural events that aren’t always so fun to read about?" High Fashion Crimes Scenes blurs the line “between reality and the fake spectacle in contemporary culture and the general disassociation that humans feel in regards to issues of...Read more