不要静止不动
晚19th c.妇女摄影肖像
选自桑德拉·斯莫尔的作品集
与Suda House和Gwenyth Mapes共同策划
2018年3月8日- 4月4日
接待：3月8日（星期四）下午4-6点
Tintype工作坊：2月28日，星期三，9:30AM-2:30PM, Catherine Segura
3月14日，周三，上午9:30 -下午2:30和Rizzhel Mae Javier一起
For the past four decades, Sandra Small has been collecting cabinet cards, a style
of photographic portraiture that was popular towardthe end of the 19thcentury. These
images provided a fascinatingillumination ofthe expectations of women prior to the
suffrage movement. Holding still for the lens, turn-of-the-century women were required
to strictly follow a set of standards ranging from proper dress, learned etiquette,
limited education, and a strong moral behavior including full submission of their
reproductive rights. Women were silent captives. Passed from father to husband, women
were essentiallyproperty with few legal rights. Freedom from male dominance carried
considerable shame for the independent woman.These formal cabinet card portraits
are modeled by the male gaze and deliver what was characteristic of women of this
era.
Today,reignited and refusing to hold still, women have marched globally these past
two years, raising their voices for humanity’s rights and freedoms. #Metoo and #timesup
call for action against sexual harassment, violence against women,equal pay for equal
work and a woman’s right to choose. Throughout the entertainmentand music industries,
the arts and photography, women are exploring and attempting todefine what is the
female gaze, redefining how women are conveyed through a femininevision and with
a vehement voice. All acknowledge that our future is still fraught withinequality
and both men and women must confront injustice in all parts of the world aswell as
in our daily lives.
In addition, to the display of cabinet cards which will includea timeline of the
American sufferage movementand various curios of period photograph paraphernalia,
海德美术馆 willbe hosting two tintype workshops. Like the antiquated photographic
process of cabinet card making, tintypes enjoyed widest use during the late 19thcentury,
produced usinga coated thin sheet of metal as support for the photographic emulsion.
Local photographers Catherine Segura and Rizzhel Mae Javier, both specializing in
the production of tintype photographs,will lead their own workshops on February 28
and March 14 respectively.
