Mr. and Mrs. Smith go to Paris (Matt Siber)

The images in this series were made in Paris over a five-day period as the film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, opened in France. As the media blitz blanketed the city, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith (or Brad and Angelina) appeared at dozens of intersections around Paris at several times larger than life-size. This form of advertising helps to blur the line between the celebrity and the character they play as well as the line between cultures. The spectacle of the imprinting of these characters on a culture inspired the photographs.
The 22 images in the series are intended to be viewed together as an installation. The group of images is considered one piece.