How do I begin to explain my work as an artist when I am still in the process of understanding myself?
I can begin my sharing a revelation I have recently had. I had always seen my work as something bigger than myself. ‘Me tackling important societal issues’ I’ve come to realise I am just as self centred as the next artist, and I have come to accept a huge part of my work as a process of understanding and constructing my own identity.
Working mainly with men who have become the image of my region. I investigate and explore all the contextual elements, past/present that go into the making of an identity. In turn, I am exploring the space I inhibit within this context. How do these elements come into play when constructing my own understanding of the self?
When I am photographing, I am a women alone in a mans world. I chase being the only woman in spaces that I ‘shouldn’t’ be inhabiting, spaces that are not safe for women. I’ve never liked rules or being told what to do. In a male dominant space, I am finding my own place. Learning my own limits, what fears are mine and what fears have been implanted in me by others.
Looking outside of my own self, I think for a region that very much shapes the understanding of women through the perspective of their men, there is a hidden value in my approach.
I very much enjoy turning the gaze around, placing the men infront of my camera gives me agency in defining my relationship with masculinity in the region, without an
