Christian Thompson

I have been researching Christian Thompson for my comparative artist essay, which I have been finding to be really interesting. As a teenager he was inspired by Tracey Moffatt who is the other artist I have been researching for my essay.
Christian Thompson is well known for mimicking other artists, and he has done this with Tracey Moffatt in his photography titled "In Search Of The International Look". In this photograph Thompson has dressed up and presented him self just as Tracey Moffatt did in her own self portrait, which was done for an article titled "Tracey Moffatt: The International Look". 
I think there is a really big similarity in the photographs and find that Thompson's reasons are really interesting, and its almost like he is paying homage to Moffatt in this photograph. 

- Christain Thompson: "In Search Of The International Look". 190 x 127cm

Tracey Moffatt: Self Portrait, 1999, hand-coloured photograph, 33.5 x 22cm

Obviously the location for each photograph is different, but I think that Christian Thompson has been able to capture the same stance and feeling to make the image almost believable.