ULTRAMASCULINE NUDE
Digital photography
2009
100 x 66 cm Installation of 6 photographs printed on Hahnemühle 100% cotton paper Not available

Working with photography I had several encounters with other photographers who did not think it was right for me to use digital photography without knowing how to use an analog camera; among them, a well-known male nude photographer in Guatemala. After several unpleasant discussions, I started to analyze his photographs with the idea of creating something based on his work; in doing so, I noticed that all of his photographs were starring muscular men with erect penises. Also, when I analyzed the work of other photographers who worked with similar subjects, I noticed that almost all of them use that same kind of aroused model. After that, I asked my mother to create a stuffed suit in the shape of a muscular man, with an exaggerated and erect penis, so that I could wear it myself and become the stereotype of a man used for these photographs. In that way, I imitated the pose of one of the images of the first photographer analyzed. In the end, there is the impression of a stuffed doll that they made pose for the photographs, which is not really very different from the man-doll objects that pose for that kind of art as well.