#woman photographer
FromPheromone Hotbox (series) by Amanda Charchian, 2012-2016.
What happens when a woman photographs another woman in the nude? Photographer Amanda Charchian calls it the “Pheromone Hotbox”: an elevated, erotic state of tension that seesaws from sexuality to creativity.
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It’s often the moments before photographing someone, their shy gestures, the way they prepare, the way they react to imminent danger or threat of being caught nude in public, that shows me the most about them…
In the case that a woman willingly takes a nude portrait, it becomes a letter to the world; broadcasted message of here-ness. You cannot exploit the empowered.
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The model is Alysha Colangeli posing at White Sands, New Mexico.
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The Tempest by Aleah Chapin, 2013.
I feel strongly that things should be real. I wanted to show a different way of seeing and to get at something universally human. A woman’s body is a map of her journey through life.
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Photograph of Chapin by Maria Teicher.
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The misogyny that shapes every aspect of our civilization is the institutionalized form of male fear and hatred of what they have denied and therefore cannot know, cannot share: that wild country, the being of women.
- Ursula Le Guin, 1929-2018
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(Photograph by Justine Kurland)
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“Analog” photographer Brittany Markert posing with model Shelbie Dimond, New Orleans, June 2nd, 2017.
I believe that grading artists on their work is unkind, pedantic and pointless–but since Markert graduated with a degree in mathematics, this qualifies as one of the rare instances where giving a number is ideal: she gets x^2-(x-2)+26=118 solve for x (where x is positive) out of 10.
The math skills show in the precision of Markert’s photographs, but she’s also able to find the whimsical and sensual aspects of erotic presentation. A portfolio of self-portraits (which she plans to include in a book) may be seen here, where Markert writes:
These images are the beginning of a sentence, to spark my creativity and remind myself that at the end of the day all I need is right in front of me–myself and my camera; anything is possible.
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DanabyErica Mueller for the Embody Project, 2017.
At the ripe young age of 85, I’ve never been happier with all phases of my life… I am so grateful to be me and for the wonderful opportunities I have to enjoy life. Being happy is what all the other girls missed.
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Not too BIG? from siesta time (series) by Canadian photographer Lady Makbet, 2017.
(Thisandthis link back to the original files uploaded by the creator on Flickr. The images are not screen shots. I’m not sure what the implications are for copyright, but I will remove this post at Makbet’s request.)
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Dorothea Lange, Richmond, CA, 1942
Dorothea Lange, Richmond, CA, 1942
Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 - October 11, 1965), Anita Reiners Bohling, 1921
Dorothy Norman, Tara + Rita Pandit, Woods Hole, 1943/4
Margaret Bourke-White
