A depiction of beauty in unexpected places through the lens
of 10 emerging photographers:
James Cornetet
Lucas Dulac
Jonah Gouin
Douglas J. Nesbitt
Patricia Lois Nuss
Erika Rech
Jenny Risher
Michael R. Rothwell
Rosa Maria Ruso
Kristen Wheeler
This exhibition will challenge
the typical notion of beauty
through the work of 10 photographers who have chosen
to portray an unconventional
kind of beauty.
these types of beauty by daringly adding darkness to their
work (Rech | Risher | Rothwell).
The exhibition explores the notion of unconventional beauty through the work of photographers who are revisiting
subjects traditionally deemed
beautiful and feminine (eg.
ballerinas, flowers, pregnancy); and challenging these "cliches" and our perception of
Other photographs in this exhibition focus on capturing a
raw moment; the split second
that makes a powerful photographic image, while being in
the urban environment, challenging perceptions of what
beauty is and where it truly resides (Dulac | Gouin | Ruso).
Many of the photographers in
the show have also chosen to
empower women. Instead of
fetishizing them and portraying them as an object of sexual
desire, the women in this exhibition are empowered. Often strong and independent,
sometimes fragile too, but they
do not rely on the male gaze
(or on the burden of "having to
be beautiful") in order to exist (Cornetet | Nesbitt | Nuss |
Wheeler).