Elif Karakoc
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After The Ball

After the Ball is a series of self-portraits created with inspiration from artists' works such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Ramon Casas; is a playful interpretation of the draining everyday news and mental health issues from another era's colors and perspectives.

After the Ball is a series of self-portraits created with inspiration from artists' works such as Toulouse-Lautrec, and Ramon Casas; is a playful interpretation of the draining everyday news and mental health issues from another era's colors and perspectives.

The painting-like photographs were shot and then edited with digital brush strokes and scanned textures, in order to create a high resemblance with the original piece, yet playing and changing their context using modern-day symbolism.

Series featured on
The Portrait Project Vol.6 Issue 17
Musee Magazine Moment! Feature

Limited Edition signed prints are available here and upon request.

A painting-like self portrait photograph of a woman laying on a green daybed looking at her yellow iPhone while two black cats running around

Recreation of Ramon Casas’s painting After The Ball, undated - between 1866–1932.

A self portrait photograph resembling of Toulouse Lautrec’s painting, La Toilette. Ginger woman sitting on the floor looking outside with her two black cats filling the negative space of a white blanket and petticoat

Recreation of Toulouse Lautrec’s painting, La Toilette, 1889.

Self portrait photograph resembling a painting by John Collier. In candlelight a girl holding a peach and a chamberstick looking back over her shoulder in front of a mirror in fear

Recreation of John Collier’s painting, All Hallowe’en, 1895

A painting-like self portrait photograph that resembles Gari Melcher's painting After The Ball, Woman figure sitting on a wooden chair, holding a red phone while crying with a cannabis joint and lighter on other hand, wearing a full lace dress with r

Recreation of Gari Melcher’s painting After The Ball, 1884.

A painting like self portrait combing hair resembling of Renoir’s painting

Recreation of Renoir’s painting, Girl Combing Hair, 1894.

Self portrait photography resembling a painting of a woman lying down in ball clothes

Recreation of Alexander Nikanorovich Novoskoltsev’s painting, After The Masquerade