To Sublimate Katherine

To Sublimate Katherine. From a series of black and white nudes taken on 35mm film. With great trust, Katherine allowed me to photograph her nude, in exchange I wanted to convey my admiration of the female form and to explore a fresh view of the female nude — not the traditional nude through the eyes of the male gaze, nor through the harsh eyes that have become accustomed to extremely rigid standards of beauty. Katherine did not wish to have her face exposed. Consequently, the images force the viewer to look at her body in a contained composition where the large, round, firm torso appears in stark contrast to the shy, awkwardly-placed, delicate fingers and toes.