fotofyōōgs

What is a fotofyōōg?

Fotofyōōg (or photofugue) is a term I coined specifically to describe my collaborative works, in which I use ANOTHER photographer’s already existing, stand-alone (often published) image – specifically, a photographic portrait or self-portrait – as a “canvas” to create a SECOND portrait, giving the subject (or model) an alternate identity, or alter-ego. The original photographer is a collaborative partner, and I never “fotofyōōg” an image without that photographer’s awareness and consent. Dual credit is always mentioned, and the original photographer is given equal rights to post, print, and/or publish the altered image).

The term “fotofyōōg” is derived from the word FUGUE (Pronounced “fyōōg.” Origin: 1590-1600, Italian “fugu,” from Latin word “fugo,” meaning “to put to flight”). FUGUE has two definitions; one based in music, the other in psychology.

In MUSIC a FUGUE is an imitative polyphonic composition in which a theme or themes are stated successively in all of the voices of the contrapuntal structure (Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company).

In PSYCHOLOGY, a FUGUE is a dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state (Source: WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University).

Variations of the term:

fotofyōōg (noun)
photofugue

fotofyōōg (verb)
photofugue

fotofyōōgel (adj.)
photofugal

fotofyōōgally
photofugally (adv.)

fotofyōōgist (noun)
photofugist

xo, bliss