Ariana Page Russell

Ariana Page Russell is a strange photographer. She has dermatographia, a condition in which one’s immune system exhibits hypersensitivity, via skin, that releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear (lasting about thirty minutes) when the skin’s surface is lightly scratched. This allows her to painlessly draw patterns and words on her skin, which she then photographs. In addition to portrait style images, Russell also will make prints of her skin, cut up the prints and fashion them into "wallpaper." Her work is interesting, but I also find it a bit creepy. The last two are my favorites from what I have seen of her work.

Pharaoh
Archival inkjet print
26" x 18"
2009

Capricious
Archival inkjet print
26" x 18"
2009

Axis 2
Cut c-prints (of skin) mounted to wall
22’ x 12’
2006

Axis 2
detail
Cut c-prints (of skin) mounted to wall
22’ x 12’
2006

Axis 2
Cut c-prints (of skin) mounted to wall
22’ x 12’
2006

Axis 2
detail
Cut c-prints (of skin) mounted to wall
22’ x 12’
2006

Axis 2
detail
Cut c-prints (of skin) mounted to wall
22’ x 12’
2006

Axis
detail
Cut c-prints (of skin) mounted to wall
22’ x 12’
2006

Pivot
Cut c-prints (of skin) on panel
26” x 30”
2006

Pivot
detail
Cut c-prints (of skin) on panel
26” x 30”
2006

Inflection
Lightjet C-print
Collaboration with Shaun Kardinal
Diptych, 13-1/2 x 9" each
2008

Flora
C-print
24” x 20”
2006

Pointelle
C-print
20” x 24”
2006

V
C-print
24” x 20”
2006

Herringbone
C-print
20” x 24”
2006

Flora (Kneel)
C-print
24” x 20”
2006

Patterns' Faction
C-print
20” x 17”
2005