Scarlett Coten is a french artist who dedicates herself essentially to personal long-term projects, mainly exploring the themes of identity, gender, and intimacy through photographic portraiture.
Coten's work has been widely exhibited and rewarded, including the Leica Oskar Barnack Award in 2016.
The photographer started her exploration of modern masculinity in the Arab World (Mectoub 2012/2016) well before the resurgence of feminist activism sparks global conversations, and more recently, the age of Trump inspired her to continue the next chapter in the U.S.
By inviting men to pose for her, Coten’s approach which is empathetic, shakes up sexist and reductive visual gender stereotypes, engaging us to break the myths and reimagining gendered identity for today’s world.
Her work considers the necessity of alternative viewpoints, and the reversal of the gaze performed in her artistic experience is accompanied by a desire to subvert an art history itself not much inclusive