RACHEL WEEKS
Three New Photographers
January 4 – February 11, 2006
Rachel Weeks’ series Autoerotica presents sexually charged self-portraits of the artist in the poses and photographic style of Victorian erotica. Weeks portrays herself as an object of sexual desire to explore the conflict of her longing to be seen with her own shyness. By the artist claming this privileged position, an empowering action done for the purpose of the artist’s personal gratification and pleasure, the inclination to see women as victims and the object of the male gaze is challenged. The artist employs the 19th century wet collodion process to create small prints that mimic the photographic conventions of the time. Weeks recently graduated with an MFA from CCA and studied closely with Larry Sultan. She was born in Salt Lake City, UT, raised in Southern California, and lives in Berkeley, CA.