Alex Prager, a 31-year-old Los Angeleno, is none too shy when it comes to representing her hometown. The West Coast based photographer, whose wildly playful exhibits have landed her recognition from The Daily Beast, Nylon, Elle, and The New York Times (twice), has completed her trilogy of photographs back in January with the opening of “Week End.” She now, however, has a new title that she is ‘repping’ L.A. with: director. Her latest venture--a rough 4-minute short film featuring Twilight Saga star Bryce Dallas Howard--coincides with her ubiquitous theme of cinematic 50s/60s inspired leading ladies. Her themes have become largely recognized as an overall reference to Los Angeles culture: beautiful and flirty on the outside, disastrous and miserable within. Prager’s woman--enveloped in false eyelashes, Mad Men attire, and cigarette smoke--often portray a world of enigma and vulnerability. The Los Angeles fantasy-world Prager creates in her subjects seem to consistently allude to a type of insane mystery that only a Hitchcock directed Pierrot Le Fou could inspire. Whatever she lacks in her fragmentary motif, Prager neutralizes with a strong loyalty to Los Angeles.
You can see Prager’s work at www.alexprager.com.
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