New York Dolls
Photographer Annie Collinge recruited strangers from the streets of New York, and posed them as thrift store dolls.
The striking diptychs are published in "Five Inches of Limbo", her limited-edition book.
Collinge spied Amanda, a painter from Brooklyn, on the subway one day, and was struck by her doll-like features.
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Mari
Collinge scoured flea markets and eBay to track down the vintage dolls, amassing a huge and unusual collection in the process.
That was the easy part. The bigger challenge, locating human doppelgangers from the streets and subways of New York, and convincing them to be photographed in matching outfits.
Mari was a Japanese hairdresser, who had only been in New York for a few days when Collinge spotted her on the subway, and using hand gestures, brought her back to her apartment for the shoot.
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Phyllis
Phyllis was a friend of Collinge’s aunt.
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Yolanda
Model Yolanda is dressed as a skiing doll from the 1960s.
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Riitta
Collinge’s artist friend Riitta makes a melancholic gnome. The red balaclava is vintage.
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