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Tyler Shields Audrey's Hat II For Sale
Tyler Shields
Audrey's Hat II, 2021
Digital c print
18 x 18 Inches 30 x 30 inches 45 x 45 Inches 60 x 60 Inches
Edition
Edition of 3
About this work
Tyler Shields' Audrey's Hat II (2021) is a digital C-print from the Provocateur series, issued as an edition of 3 and available in four sizes from 18 × 18 to 60 × 60 inches. The work pays homage to old Hollywood glamour through Shields' distinctly cinematic visual language, evoking the mystique and studied elegance associated with the icons of a golden era of film. The composition centers on a carefully chosen hat—an accessory deeply embedded in the cultural memory of mid-century cinema—worn with deliberate precision. Shields captures the subject with characteristic dramatic lighting and exacting framing, elevating a seemingly simple portrait into a meditation on fashion, femininity, and the mythology of stardom. As the companion piece to Audrey's Hat, this second iteration refines the artist's exploration of the archetype and deepens its emotional resonance. A photographer who has built his career at the intersection of high fashion, celebrity, and fine art, Shields brings a film director's sensibility to every image he makes. Audrey's Hat II exemplifies the Provocateur series' central ambition: to revisit and reinvent the visual codes of glamour, producing photographs that feel simultaneously timeless and urgently contemporary. The Provocateur series has become one of the most significant ongoing bodies of work in contemporary fine art photography, attracting collectors who appreciate Shields' ability to balance visual seduction with genuine intellectual depth. The digital C-print process produces images of exceptional tonal range, color accuracy, and long-term archival stability, ensuring that the work retains its full visual impact for decades to come.
Price on Application
Auction History
· Tyler Shields · Sotheby's · 2016-05 · $18,338
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About Tyler Shields
Tyler Shields was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and began his creative career as a professional inline skater, competing in the X Games and touring with Tony Hawk before shifting his focus to photography. His early photographs gained attention online, and a chance viral image helped launch his career as a photographer working within the Hollywood entertainment world.
Shields is known for bold, provocative photography that blends glamour with elements of tension, danger, and destruction, often incorporating rich color, dramatic lighting, and meticulously staged scenes. His work frequently explores contrasts between beauty and chaos, using striking visual concepts, from vivid color explosions to scenes built around luxury objects, to create images that are both polished and unsettling. He has photographed a wide range of actors and public figures throughout his career, always aiming for a cinematic, tightly composed final image captured in camera rather than through digital manipulation.
Beyond photography, Shields has worked as a filmmaker, screenwriter, and author, publishing both photography books and fiction. His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private and public collections, and he continues to be based in Los Angeles.
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