CAPTIVE, 2008
SILVER GELATINE HAND PRINT

THE FEMALE BODY WITHIN PHOTOGRAPHY EXISTS AS SYMBOLIC SURFACE, A POSITION THAT WOMEN SEEK TO ASSUME, JUST AS MUCH AS MEN SEEK TO OBJECTIFY. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES CAPTIVE, EXPLORES THE SUBJECTIVE NATURE OF THE FEMALE BODY AS PERFORMER TO THE OBJECTIVE, ACTIVE GAZE OF THE CAMERA. THE SELF-REPRESENTATION FRAGMENTS THE BODY IN STRANGE AND ILLOGICAL WAYS TO RENDER ANXIETY. THE PHOTOGRAPHS EMANATE THE CHILD’S GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK. THE CAMERA SEEKS THE BODY OF THE FEMALE, WHILST THE DOLL-LIKE FIGURE WAITS FOR THE GAZE TO DISCOVER HER.