Marisa Portolese’s work often explores the relationship between the fixed photographic portrait, her subject’s identities and narrative desire. Her explorations in contemporary portraiture concentrate on elucidating facets of human experiences in relation to psychological and physical environments, relating to larger themes concerning identity and spectatorship.
BELLE DE JOUR
It is with the project entitled ‘Belle de Jour’ that I began to work
specifically with women as my primary subjects. ‘Belle de Jour’, is a
survey of 30 large-scale colour photographs depicting women in various
states of undress, masquerading different roles. The portraits are
carefully orchestrated to present the viewer a world of girls who tease
the line of the voyeur. The actors have been choreographed to come
forth with a remarkable sense of their own sexual persona through
lascivious, subversive gestures and defiant expressions. These images
expose a budding female sexuality, and call into question an idealized
vision of femininity.
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