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Comment by Angela Callanan on January 2, 2012 at 19:15

Brilliant idea Ellen I don't think I would ever have thought of that - making a mock up outlet. I would have probably tried on a live outlet and ended up with wilder hair than I have now ;-)

Comment by Ellen Golla on January 2, 2012 at 18:53

An extremely belated comment here, but thanks! I originally attempted to photograph an actual outlet and then, maybe, photoshop the fork in. But the light wasn't right and the outlet photo looked amateurish. So I bought an outlet and plate (they're cheap) and screwed it into a piece of foam core and propped it up in my light box, along with the fork. It was funny at my show--several people, upon seeing this particular picture, became excited and shared their childhood stories of shoving metal objects in power sockets. 

Comment by Angela Callanan on November 20, 2011 at 21:29

This is brilliant Ellen. At first glance I thought it was a real fork in the book - the photograph looks so 3D.