NAKED

*A CLOSER LOOK: Nancy Hellebrand*, FRIEDA, Philadelphia PA

2017 -Present

There’s magic in acknowledging old women and giving them the interest and appreciation our culture reserves for the young. Older women’s well worn bodies are incredibly beautiful. When there’s no agenda, and one just looks, seeing a nude body is profound. Because faces distract us from focusing on the body, I don’t photograph them.

By their nature, still photographs exhibit the unequal suffering inherent in our society, as well as the innate beauty in each individual.

When printed very large, aging flesh reveals resilience and loss. When printed very small, the images recall 19th century hand-held likenesses of family members, slaves and soldiers.

Surely every human being deserves our honest admiration and respect for their body, and that includes old women and their bodies.

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Photographs in this series can be shown in a variety of sizes: approximately 2.5 x 2” to 5 x 8’. The smaller images are intimate and the larger are confrontational. They are printed as archival inkjet prints, small photogravure prints, prints on plaster or jumbo vinyl prints.