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Haley Jane Samuelson’s Investigation of Femininity
The photographs of Haley Jane Samuelson take place in abandoned settings, quite often man-made structures being reclaimed by their natural surroundings. These places of transition provide the opportunity to position the feminine experience on a literal threshold of what once was and what is about to be. I started photographing modern dancers in 2009, […]
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Nandipha Mntambo: In Her Skin
While the human form is absent in Nandipha Mntambo’s sculptures, the vestiges of its curves and lines remain in the fibrous memory of the cowhide. Using her own body as a mold, Mntambo creates sculptural forms that dramatically fuse the feminine body with a primal, animal skin. Mntambo’s technique is the subject of her first […]