The Feminine Psychology

These are images from work I produced recently for an exhibition at uni, titled 'XX.' It was a group response to our seminars on Freud and Psychoanalysis. We were an all-female group and so decided to work from this similarity, beginning with an enquiry into how theories of the female psychology relate to our individual practices.
Debates arising included Freud's 'penis envy', the emphasis of the female in fetishism and more objectively the question and definition of gender.
At the beginning of my process I contemplated the power of female sexuality- a symbol of lust and beauty- however also its vulnerability and fragility. This led to a series of photographic works shown below. Rather than conveying the contrast between such characteristics, I found they steered towards the vulnerable and delicate aspects perhaps due to the model's own reaction to exposure.

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