2014

A portrait series where mothers’ faces are placed onto their daughter’s bodies. The work reflects on growing up as a woman and the shifting relationship we might have with our bodies. It emphasizes the common nature of this journey. Your mother has most likely had a very similar experience growing up as you did. At the same time it is also a reference to our modern western society and it’s focus on the young female body.

'A Thing of Beauty' plays with our interpretation and expectance of beauty. The setting the model is photographed in refers to common visual styles in advertising photography. Within this commercial photography setting where we'd normally expect to see a professional model, we stumble upon a unexpected face. Instead of the sleek perfection which is usually strived for in the advertising world, the physique of the male model we see here is representative of a distinct human vulnerability. From the birthmarks that cover the righthand side of his body to the difference in the size of his pupils: beauty is coming from an unexpected place here.