This installation gathers amateur photographs from the 1930s to the 1970s. In each photo, two women* can be seen posing together in front of an ordinary background, and looking at the camera. The color and black-and-white photographs were collected in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York and reproduced photographically true to the original. They were then set in found, homogeneously painted frames of various formats. The pictures are installed in two horizontal rows lying close together. Due to their strict alignment at the upper and lower edges of the frames, movement and a varying rhythm is created.

In this work I explore which relationships connect the women. Are they friends, sisters, partners, lovers, …? I examine their body language and the poses they assume in the pictures. In For ever and ever I investigate how typical perspectives influence the reading of images and how the heteronormative gaze often obstructs more ambiguous interpretations.

18 individually framed photographic reproductions, b&w and color

C-Prints, photo corners, paper, frames 17 × 14 cm to 37 × 28 cm
The installation is 4m wide.

2010 – 2015