Bodies, Desires, Identities. The Photography of Jan Saudek
(2005)- Abstract
- Jan Saudek is an internationally renowned, yet academically unexplored photographer who makes staged, black and white (but often hand-coloured) photographs: obviously arranged, and erotically charged, images of the naked, semi-naked or dramatically costumed body. In this paper I present the work of Saudek, especially his performative self-portraits, and discuss the question of desire and subjectivity in relation to these images. I propose that there is an ambivalent desire at play here: Saudek’s "theatre of the body" indicates a need to be visually confirmed as an Ego, but also a need to be visually confirmed as a continually changing Other. His staged photography does in this way show a narcissistic and exhibitionistic desire to be... (More)
- Jan Saudek is an internationally renowned, yet academically unexplored photographer who makes staged, black and white (but often hand-coloured) photographs: obviously arranged, and erotically charged, images of the naked, semi-naked or dramatically costumed body. In this paper I present the work of Saudek, especially his performative self-portraits, and discuss the question of desire and subjectivity in relation to these images. I propose that there is an ambivalent desire at play here: Saudek’s "theatre of the body" indicates a need to be visually confirmed as an Ego, but also a need to be visually confirmed as a continually changing Other. His staged photography does in this way show a narcissistic and exhibitionistic desire to be Someone without being entirely trapped as this Someone. (Less)
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- author
- Flagge, Sara LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2005
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- unpublished
- subject
- keywords
- performace, body, Jan Saudek, desire, identity, Self, photography, Other
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 3401e372-92c7-4f49-b440-735e91eba2a8 (old id 536381)
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