Tricia Tran
Douglas Gordon "24 Hour Psycho"
1993
I had chosen an image by Douglas Gordon that he had taken with the film Psycho playing throughout his shoot. I didn't just choose this photo because Psycho is one of my favorite films of all time, but because of the moment and scene Gordon chose to take. In this scene, the woman is being murdered by an unknown person. After being stabbed multiple times and the murderer fleeing the scene, the woman then reaches for aid or just something to hold onto to help her up. At the moment Gordon had taken the photo, there was absolutely nothing for her to hold onto. The film was playing with her trying to grab a hold of something but there was nothing but the screen in an empty room.
