Queen Ann. P.S. Belly cut off

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In Queen Ann. P.S. Belly cut off it is the unfolding of a melancholic narrative of a woman, whose life seems to be dominated by her obesity. Yet the reader is never turned into a voyeur. ‘Queen Ann’s’ peculiar and touching photo collages of herself, expressing a longing for another ‘being’, are fused with the image that the book evokes around her persona. In the contrast which the arrangement of the photos make all too evident, an uncomfortable incompatibility emerges between the present and the past life of Ann and the status of being beautiful.

The book is published by Alauda Publications and available at Johan Deumens Gallery & Alauda Publications. The book can also be ordered at boekenroute.nl. A limited edition (set of 75 copies) in a handmade box, signed and numbered, is also available with 2 original photos on Hahnemühle Photo Rag.

Book reviews: 5B4 Photography, Joerg Colberg, Mister Motley