{{short description|American photographer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} '''Parker Day''' is a photographer based in Los Angeles, known for her deeply saturated portraits shot on 35mm film.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.papermag.com/peep-photographer-parker-days-surreal-color-saturated-portraits-2274852554.html|title=Peep Photographer Parker Day's Surreal, Color-Saturated Portraits|date=February 21, 2017|work=PAPER|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref> She grew up in San Jose, and was influenced by time spent at her father's comic book shop.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/portfolio/candy-and-poison|title=Candy and Poison|date=September 14, 2016|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.paperdarts.org/art-archive/2018/4/23/parker-day|title=Parker Day Interview: Imagining the Glittering Beauty of the Outré|last=Martinez|first=Freddy|website=Paper Darts|access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref> Day makes use of make up and costumes pulled from her own closet for portraits reminiscent of a photobooth.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/meet-photographer-parker-days-bizarre-cast-of-characters-7902442|title=Meet Photographer Parker Day's Bizarre Cast of Characters|last=Sehayek|first=Marnie|date=February 6, 2017|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> Her work explores the performance of identity, and the construction of character through costuming.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/polyester-magazine-third-birthday-issue-photos/|title=Exploring the 'Darker Undercurrents' of Femininity, in Photos|date=October 12, 2017|work=Broadly|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en-us}}</ref>
Her 100 portrait series ICONS was displayed at Superchief Gallery in Los Angeles in 2017. A companion book of ICONS was released by not a cult that same year.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The series focuses on individuals who are considered contemporary social icons, including Molly Soda, Penelope Gazin, Scotty Sussman, and more.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vogue.it/en/news/vogue-arts/2017/03/03/parker-day-icons-100-portraits-exhibition-superchief-gallery-ny/|title=Parker Day: Icons|date=March 3, 2017|work=Vogue.it|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=it-IT}}</ref>
Day released a lust, innocence and flesh themed series called "Possessions" in 2017 to commemorate the three-year anniversary of queer feminist fashion zine ''Polyester''.<ref name=":2" />
In 2018, Day created a series of portraits in her signature retro aesthetic of 89-year-old fashion icon Baddie Winkle for Polaroid Originals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/39520/1/baddie-winkle-and-parker-day-on-why-it-s-important-to-stay-weird|title=Baddie Winkle and Parker Day on why it's important to stay weird|last=Dazed|date=March 29, 2018|work=Dazed|access-date=May 18, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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