YOU SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE, IT LASTS LONGER

  • Paige Megan Hawley
Take A Picture, It Lasts Longer reveals concept in relation to the objectification of women. This has come from my own personal background, influenced by the Male Gaze in todays society.

It was when I saw the work of Sarah Lucas at the Tate that inspired me to create a contemporary piece using furniture as a substitute for the human body. Furniture such as mattresses, sofas and chairs act as plinths for ‘bodies’ placed in a surreal environment. Lucas's figures are headless, the only face is the artist herself , omnipresent through a sequence of self portraits.

The work of Francesca Woodman has always been a massive inspiration to me, using medium format to capture these images. Her perfectly window framed images gave me the potential to re create something similar but in this present-time. The idea of the window and the gaze I had In my head from the very beginning, I wanted the viewer to be shocked and feel as if they are the male gazing in through the window at the woman, but at something more shocking than expected.
YOU SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE, IT LASTS LONGER by Paige Megan Hawley
YOU SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE, IT LASTS LONGER by Paige Megan Hawley
YOU SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE, IT LASTS LONGER by Paige Megan Hawley
YOU SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE, IT LASTS LONGER by Paige Megan Hawley
YOU SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE, IT LASTS LONGER by Paige Megan Hawley
YOU SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE, IT LASTS LONGER by Paige Megan Hawley
Paige Megan Hawley
Photographer, Curator