This photograph is not only a play on the original painting by Diego Velazquez but the remake by Pablo Picasso. It contains elements from both paintings which prove this. The Picasso-esque sculpture on the right side of the picture is how it relates to him. The items that are contained in the picture make it seem more of an illusion and reminds me of a "circus-act". Each figure seems to have a unique quality about them as if they were part of a freak show. He takes a painting that contained normal people and exchanged them for people who in fact are not. Each have a quality or trait about them, making the stand out from normal society. The metal cage that the girl is sitting on represents the dress in the original painting but since she has no legs, that is how the photographer interpreted it. The Jesus-like figure in the background also replaced the original person. The "sleeping" dog is a replacement for the dog that was sitting properly in the orignal painting.
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