Original photograph by German photographer Stefanie Schneider (*1968), artist Inventory Nr. 7011.02 Tussle #02 (The Princess and her Lover) part of the 29 Palms, CA project PROCESS: archival C-Print on RC photographic paper, based on the original Polaroid. AGE / period: 2007 DIMENSIONS: 20 x 24 cm EDITION: 2/10 Artist Inventory #: 7101.09 CONDITION: in excellent condition. Signature label and Certificate. Not mounted. The world depicted in 29 PALMS, CA is inspired by the photographs of German artist Stefanie Schneider in that it combines the notions of reality and fantasy and explores the resonance of both within a desert landscape and a transient culture. The characters depicted in the film, (an actress, a singer, a DJ, a motel owner and his wife, an US army soldier, a mystic, a princess, a recluse, a movie ticket seller, two hitchhikers, a doctor, a director, etc.), are played by both actors and non-actors. The story is constructed through the interpretation of real life communications (i.e. phone calls, emails, conversations) that have taken place as the individuals depicted in the story try to make sense of events that have occurred in real life. In this sense the story is, in part, a biography and social commentary, and the characters are the exaggerated alter egos of the individuals who play them.