Urban Exposures
Abstract
Unlike the traditional notion of the sublime, which is a masculine aesthetic, my photographic work explores the uncanny, a feminist counter aesthetic, and the urban environment. I describe my work as a photographie feminine, writing the traces of the feminine body. Importantly I address the contradictions and dichotomies of the feminine that exist within the periphery of the city.
Keywords
uncanny, photography, sexuality, feminine, night
Author Biography
Panizza Allmark
Panizza Allmark is near completion of her Ph.D in the School of Communications and Multimedia at Edith Cowan University. Her dissertation Un Voyage Vers Une Photographie Féminine explores her work as a journey documentary photographer in relation to the concepts of écriture féminine. Her commissioned photographic work has also been exhibited in over ten exhibitions and has explored issues of culture, human rights and heritage. She is currently working on a documentary project which examines uncanny urban landscapes.