Flipping through the pages of Flickr is hard to remain indifferent to the photographs of Brenda Menges.

She is a professional photographer in Second Life®, who sells her photographic services to those who wish to have a beautiful profile picture or remember crucial moments in (virtual) life.

https://flic.kr/p/E9Yc5t

The aspect that I think is impressive is the extreme realism of the portraits that Brenda Menges realizes.

https://flic.kr/p/23vPJA5

Beyond the technical and use of graphics programs aspects, I appreciate her way of “turning a virtual face in a human face.” A face that conveys the fears, weaknesses, and passions. The subjects of Brenda undergo not only a graphic treatment, but a “humanization” through their ability to communicate love, sensuality, tenderness, fear, or loss.

https://flic.kr/p/Ht7MgP

This aspect of her photographs leads me to consider her an artist because she is not merely a “graphic designer” but a communicator through avatars portraits in SL®.

References

Brenda Menges Flickr

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