Jen Davis
Matt and Rachel
2008

Name: Matt and Rachel
Brand: Jen Davis
Price: 3200 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Archival pigment print Signed and numbered, verso 24 x 30 inches (Edition of 6) 30 x 40 inches (Edition of 6) This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Please note that prices increase as editions sell. Jen Davis writes: “Photography is the medium that allows me to escape and gain access into a world that only exists in the realm of fantasy for me. I am interested in photographing men for the purpose of placing expectations of both physical and emotional attraction onto them during the act of photographing. I felt that I needed to look at men to fill the void that existed in my life. I needed to be desired and looked at. Through my camera I could experience an intimacy that I yearned for and did not have. I created a relationship of sorts, which I wanted to understand even if I couldn’t physically experience the touch of what I am describing through the lens of my camera. “The camera transforms and empowers me to approach whomever I want, and for the duration of the shoot I become a flirtatious voyeur in close proximity to my subject. I use the license that this machine gives me to solicit an intimate interaction, to ask for a return of my desire for the time I am taking the pictures. I am interested in investigating the male gaze not as a theoretical abstraction, but as a personal and sexual exchange. Every frame is a record of a hypothetical and fictional relationship that formed between us. It is proof that we existed together, interacted together, and were involved together as a couple in the fleeting moment of the fantasy. The result is a visual record of not what actually took place, but what I imagined it to be.”

Creator:

Jen Davis

Creation Year:

2008

Dimensions:

Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)

Medium:

Archival Pigment

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

2000-2009