Reciprocating Nudes

1997 - 2000

Concept

In my series “Reciprocating Nudes,” I explored the female form as art object. Feminist postmodernist photographers such as Cindy Sherman and Judy Dater addressed this issue by acting as both object and objectifier – model and photographer – in their self portraits. Being male and not quite feminist but an ally, I confronted the issue by objectifying myself as well. The model becomes the photographer and the photographer becomes the model as both become objects of art.

Method

I photograph a nude model. The model then photographs me nude. The photographs are sold as prints or are used in other works of art like the Wallpaper Series.