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Did you see Michael Muller’s portrait of Ryan Seacrest in T, The New York Times‘ style magazine?
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Ryan Seacrest, photographed by Michael Muller for The New York Times.
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The article, by Amanda Fortini, was called “The Invisible Man” and asserts the notion that Seacrest is everywhere—all over TV, also radio, even Twitter—yet he somehow isn’t famous.
“With almost any other public figure, such colossal overexposure would cause a backlash, but Seacrest has escaped this fate by remaining mysteriously elusive,” writes Fortini. “It’s possible that you recognize his face but can’t put a name to it, or that you recognize his name but can’t quite conjure up his face. He’s that guy with the metrosexual hair, the too-perfect tan and the eager smile. He’s like a lifeguard, or a doorman, always present, never obtrusive.”
I like how Michael has captured the immaculateness of Seacrest’s physical presence and, at the same time, his very corporeality. You see someone on TV and they look smooth and plastic, like a flawless action figure. But Michael’s shadows bring out the creases and dents. Also, Seacrest is looking right into the lens, but the expression in his eyes is hard to read. So it’s Seacrest in great detail and totally up front, but ultimately unknowable. The invisible man. By choice.
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