Underexposed

 

Underexposed

 

Self-Portrait on Deserted Road


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Object Details


Artist/Maker

Judy Dater, American, born 1941

Date

1982

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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Credit

Gift of Lucinda W. Bunnen for the Bunnen Collection

Accession #

1982.274

Description

Over the course of her career, Judy Dater has primarily photographed women, including herself. This work is from a series she made during ten trips to national parks in the West between 1980 and 1983, where she photographed herself nude amidst the grandeur of nature. Seemingly stranded on an empty, endless road, she appears vulnerable and lost, but across the larger series, her photographs veer from savage self-examination to carefully constructed performances that explore identity, subjectivity, and femininity. One of the key influences on Dater’s photography is the work of Imogen Cunningham, who was also a close friend.