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NameApproach to fear XIX: Voyeurism - exposure
ProductionAlexis Hunter; photographer; 1978
Classificationblack-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, works of art
Materialssilver, photographic paper, photographic gelatin
Materials Summaryphotograph, gelatin silver prints
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsOverall: 365mm (width), 1190mm (height)
Registration NumberO.044641/A-T to T-T
Credit linePurchased 2016
Overview
In these photographs, we see an activity unfold – like in the frames of a movie. The fondled object is finally revealed to be a camera.
Alexis Hunter described art works like this as ‘photographed performance’. These ‘sequences of instances’ emphasised the personal and the intimate – in contrast to the dominant, ‘objective’ perspective of male artists at the time.
Yet, as Hunter recalled, ‘this female subjectivity became the most hated aspect of our work’.