Alicia Shahaf
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
interested in challenging the context, like a dancer who dances in nature, and not on the stage, or a performer on stage dressed in everyday clothing. I examine the spontaneous movement, one that stems from listening to music( internal or external), and usually I do not give instructions to my subjects but let them be therselves.
The photographs in this series are all self-portraits. I study there myself. My femininity, my aging. Since I can remember I take photos( I got my first camera from my father when I was six) and rarely been photographed. My awareness of photography makes it difficult for me to allow other people to photograph me. I know the angles, I know how it will come out, where are my good sides, and where I’ ll look awfull. Far away from the camera, I feel fine with my body. Once I stand in front of the camera I shrink. Suddenly I feel ugly, repulsive.