“The very particular place of the photograph of a woman in contemporary culture means we scarc
“The very particular place of the photograph of a woman in contemporary culture means we scarcely pause to take a second or prolonged look, but swipe swiftly on. This unequal treatment of photographs of women unfortunately connects to a wider gender inequality that affects every single country in the world. If we aren’t able to see more than an expression of feminism or femininity in a photograph of a female figure, how can we expect to see more than this when we encounter women elsewhere?”Book Excerpt: ‘Girl on Girl: Art and Photography in the Age of the Female Gaze” -- source link
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