Derrick Sun
Communication (Public Relations)
Photo-essay: “Alice in Wonderland,” 2007

Sun’s work features vignettes inspired by various scenes from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. A montage of black-and-white, color, and artfully modified photographs reveals a psychological depth to Alice’s character as she explores Carroll’s exotic invented landscape. These images, punctuated with quotations from the story, invite one to participate vicariously in Alice’s journey. The role-playing evident here is reminiscent of certain “beggar maid” photographs Carroll staged around the same time he was composing the Alice stories.