The role of the nude selfie is shifting. Some artists have explored its potential for self-love, reclaiming it from a historically male gaze. But in an age of social media censorship and the rapid reproduction of images, is it now necessary to draw a line between art and pornography?
Tag: Alexandra Leese
The author of Me + Mine discusses her origins in zines, graduating to photobooks and the importance of clinging onto print
Leese’s grainy portraits, made over Zoom during the global lockdown, coopt a genre conventionally serving the male gaze