If Gracie Hagen made sandwiches, it would take us hours to order anything for we would be overwhelmed by the range of flavors and presentations available at her eatery. Thank goodness Gracie is a photographer of bodies, and that our nourishment does not depend on choosing a single photo of hers that we like.
We don't know much about Gracie other than that she hails from Chicago, she works well with flat and colorful backgrounds, and she is a lady. As we scroll through her pages of work, we keep pointing to her stuff and shouting, "Oh, wait, that's the best one! No, we need to show this one!" and frankly, this process is torturous. We're just going to tell you that you will be startled into ecstasy by the power and grace in her pictures.
And while we're at it, a shiny nickel to anyone who figures out how we could've put a Gracie Hagen/Haagen-Dazs joke in the title.
· Gracie Hagen (graciehagen.com)
· Also be sure to check out Gracie on Tumblr (graciehagen.tumblr.com) and on Vimeo (vimeo.com)
[At top from left to right: "one trick pony," "community chest," and "i know what you're thinking" by Gracie Hagen]