Deana Lawson – An Aperture Monograph Archives setting forth a chain reaction

setting forth a chain reaction of feedback loops in which pictorial space is filled and mutated through collaboration with and against the limits of imaging technologies

There is a striking sequence of photographs featuring the artist precariously rising from a set of starting blocks whilst heavily pregnant

mountainous region

a multi dimensional document

Deana Lawson – An Aperture Monograph Archives setting forth a chain reactionDeana Lawson is one of the most intriguing photographers of her generation. Over the last ten years, she has created a visionary language to describe identities through intimate portraiture and striking accounts of ceremonies and rituals. Using medium and large format cameras, Lawson works with models she meets in the United States and on travels in the Caribbean and Africa to construct arresting, highly structured, and deliberately theatrical scenes