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We are gods in the chrysalis / Meghan Boody ; essays by Katie Roiphe and Sue Scott

by Meghan Boody, Katie Roiphe, Sue Scott

This volume presents digital composite photography and dioramas depicting young women on mythic quests. The surreal images utilise complex layering to explore psychoanalytic archetypes and fairy tales, updating the traditions of Victorian Pictorialism.

Accession 10781 ISBN 9783735601001 Publisher Kerber Verlag
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