BOYS

Daniela Torres

Photography - 35mm

What does it mean when a female photographs a male when he is nude? This is a question that, Daniela has been exploring since 2015. Without a doubt, the answer is complex and inextricably entwined within the history of visual representation in which the female naked form has been predominately portrayed from a male perspective often depicted as the desired object or the idealised embodiment of the essence of nature in nature. Rather than objectifying, Torres attempts to bridge a real, but more importantly, a psychological space, between herself and her male subjects. In so doing, these intimate portraits convey a respectful union of human souls in spite of the gender difference.