Where Your Gaze Meets Mine

Where Your Gaze Meets Mine is a collaborative project that breaks down the boundaries between model and photographer to invite women to co-create portraits that more authentically represent their bodies and identities.

As an analog form of post-production, the use of white paint and corrective fluid is both an addition and a removal — simultaneously obscuring parts of the body while adding a painterly sensibility. The technique connects to the tradition of painted portraiture, particularly Renaissance nudes, where representations of feminine bodies as sexualized objects took root and solidified, with cultural and aesthetic reverberations still felt today.

The co-authored images are printed onto transparent fabric and layered in threes, transforming the flat images into something more. As subtle movements in the air shift the portraits, they animate briefly before flattening again, constantly in flux. The effect hints at the limits of portraiture. How can a photograph possibly capture these women? The project has multiple outcomes: a fabric installation and audio piece, a publication, and a short film. 

Participants

Sam Moeller
Riley Steinmetz
Adreane Bertumen
Holly Plank
Lou Rowland
Indre Hilara Bylaite
Mariella Villalobos
Lilian Asperin
Carley Klekas
Veronica Jimenez
Gillian Lochhead
Lynn Soleski
Pooja Shah
Gabriella Calabrese
Rebecca Gitlin
Lily Weeks

Press

The Evening Times

The Herald