Photographs 1997-2017
2018
$102.00
Photographs 1997-2017 by Hannah Starkey. First edition. First impression. Large format hardback in new condition. Flat signed by Hannah Starkey to title page. No markings. This is a new book. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.
About Photographs 1997-2017
Since the mid-1990s, the Northern Irish photographer Hannah Starkey has dedicated her work to women and the ways in which photography has shaped ideas about what it means to be female. Known for her cinematic mise-en-scenes, Starkey constructs portraits of women of different generations, often situated in everyday urban contexts. Proffering the view of the flâneuse – a female counterpoint to the artistic tradition of the male flâneur – Starkey’s images reveal moments of private reflection, alienation, or social interaction that might otherwise go unseen. A woman fleetingly fascinated by another woman’s reflection, or the attentive gaze of a mother carrying her child. Like modern day genre paintings, Starkey’s images are driven by familiar narratives, but ones that play on the visual languages of diverse photographic genres. Including diaristic, street, documentary, cinematic, fine art, and also fashion.
This is to then subtly probe the ways that women are represented in popular culture. As Starkey has said, “I really think that visual culture is the last battleground for women’s equality and freedom”. From her early staged photographs made in Belfast to her recent documentation of the 2017 Women’s March in London. This catalogue raisonné charts two decades of Starkey’s influential image making, and serves as a significant touchstone for discussions on the female gaze. The book also includes a biographical essay by the curator and writer Charlotte Cotton and a candid conversation between the artist and the editor and writer Liz Jobey.
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