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Female-mannequin intimacy

Photo by Martine Gutierrez from her series “Girl Friends,’’ in her show “Life/Like: Photographs by Martine Gutierrez,’’ at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Mass. through June 16. The museum notes that “Girl Friends’’ “depicts two …

Photo by Martine Gutierrez from her series “Girl Friends,’’ in her show “Life/Like: Photographs by Martine Gutierrez,’’ at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, Mass. through June 16. The museum notes that “Girl Friends’’ “depicts two same-dressed women in different places and poses, but despite their intimacy, one of the women is a mannequin, challenging the viewer's perception of reality.’’ Note that they’re both wearing wedding dresses.

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