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Easy on the Eyes

Photographs by Jeanette May

by Jeanette May

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About the Book
Jeanette May’s photographs examine how women have been able to look at men within the confines of Western visual and textual narratives. She considers the female gaze via the genre of directorial photography. Each scene includes a male character depicted in mid-storyline and an “implied woman” just outside the frame. He is the photo’s subject matter, but she is the narrative’s protagonist. Easy on the Eyes juxtaposes a visual narrative with a passage from a novel by a female author. The pairing creates neither irony nor parody but rather a disruption of the viewer’s desire for an uncomplicated tale.



This book includes an essay on Jeanette May’s photographs by Elizabeth Dastin.
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
  • Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
    # of Pages: 34
  • Publish Date: Apr 24, 2010
  • Keywords female gaze, cinematic, portraits, men, directorial, staged, text
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About the Creator
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Jeanette May
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Jeanette May is a photo-based artist using a critical, sometimes playful, approach to investigate representation. Early training as a painter is evident in her carefully arranged compositions and rich color palette. May received her MFA in Photography from CalArts and her BFA in Painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has been awarded grants, fellowships, and residencies from the NEA Regional Artists’ Projects Fund, Brooklyn Arts Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and Ms. Foundation. Her work is exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, Milan, Athens, Barcelona, and Shanghai. May lives in Brooklyn.

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