Charles Evans Jr.
Sex Lives of Mannequins
February 16 - March 17, 2007

While wandering the streets of New York and Los Angeles photographer, Charles Evans Jr., discovered a curious recurring theme in storefront windows of lingerie stores. What he found were elaborate scenes, perhaps fit more for the theatre rather than a retail store, that played themselves out before him. He began to photograph these mannequins with eyeliner, lipstick, wearing seductive clothing and in the poses to match. He also provided us with a voyeuristic peak “behind the curtain” depicting them with missing arms, unclothed, and showing exposed seams. Over the course of the next five years Evans documented these fleeting scenes and further enhanced their already ethereal nature by shooting them with long exposures and only available light, using reflections of neighboring establishments and printing them in a large format.
Charles Evans, Jr. received his BFA from U.C. Berkeley, and his MFA from USC. His photos have been published internationally in Vanity Fair, Variety, In Style, Art in America, L’ Espresso, Razor, and Photo World. Evans held his first solo show in 2006 with the Gescheidle Gallery in Chicago. He lives and works in Los Angeles.