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Collage #1 – Traces (Thesis)

2014

This project began in 2014, when I started collecting pictures of women from the 1930s, 40s and 50s. I gathered photographs of women I didn’t know but with whom I identified, and in situations that I recognized as familiar. I was intrigued by these women’s existences – mysterious to me – and by the allure of the black and white prints as unique objects.  I liked the idea of giving them a new destination in the contemporary world, I didn’t want them to disappear within a shoe box at the flea market. It was as I started questioning the – simultaneous – existence and absence of these women, that I created the first series.

 

 

Untitled #01 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #01 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #02 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #02 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #03 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #03 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #04 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #04 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #05 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #05 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #06 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #06 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #07 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #07 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #08 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #08 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #09 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #09 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

 

Untitled #10 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30

Untitled #10 / Collage on paper - photocopy of vintage photo, markers and clipping from contemporary magazine - cm 30 x 30