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About Kalliope Amorphous

Kalliope Amorphous is a visual artist best known for her extensive work in self-portrait photography. Assuming the roles of model, stylist, and photographer, she uses her own image as a prop to create the protagonists of her visual stories. A self-taught photographer, Amorphous creates her own alternative processes and methodologies using handmade and alternative lighting as well as experimenting with textiles, surfaces, mirrors, and in-camera distortion techniques. Much of Amorphous’ work uses reflections, blur, mirrors, and multiple exposure to lead the viewer through the artist’s favorite themes — identity, mortality, time, and consciousness.

In addition to self-portrait photography, Amorphous continues to explore various forms of experimental photography and alternative processes in creative, conceptual, and new media.

Kalliope has received worldwide recognition for her work in conceptual photography and her photographs have been published and exhibited throughout the United States and internationally. She currently divides her time between Providence, Rhode Island and New York City.

Visit KalliopeAmorphous.com. Some of her work is available for purchase here.

Dietrich’s Mirror: Portraits In The Mirrors Of Marlene Dietrich

Kalliope Amorphous

Dietrich's Mirror 7 (detail) - Kalliope Amorphous

Artist's statement: Dietrich’s Mirror is a series of self-portraits taken in mirrors belonging to the late Marlene Dietrich. The first images in this series were taken in a mirror which shattered in … [Read more...]

Saint Celluloid: self-portraits by Kalliope Amorphous

Kalliope Amorphous

Silver (detail) - Kalliope Amorphous

Artist's Statement: Saint Celluloid is a series of self-portraits exploring both the vulnerability and immortality of the film star as well as the potentially oppressive and regressive culture of … [Read more...]

Glass Houses: Photography by Kalliope Amorphous

Kalliope Amorphous

Sunset by Kalliope Amorphous

Glass Houses is a series of conceptual self portraits created using distortion mirrors. These portraits explore the fragmentation of the self, or the hidden self which is often underlaid beneath a … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

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