The Bathers, by Jennette Williams at Daylight Magazine
© Jennette Williams
What makes for beauty in women? How do we as a society perceive women as they age? I began with what were simple intentions. I wanted to photograph without sentiment or objectification women daring enough to stand, without embarrassment or excuse, before my camera and I wanted my photographs to be beautiful. . . . I drew upon classical gestures and poses from Titian, Ingres, and Pre-Raphaelites (to name a few) and utilized the platinum printing process to assure a sense of timelessness, as if the older or ”normal” woman has always been a subject of the arts. – Jennette Williams
Daylight Magazine has published online a visual podcast with the work of Jennette Williams” portfolio “The Bathers”. This is a collection of images made in European and Turkish bathhouses, that were awarded with the first price of the 2009 Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Honinckman First Book price that intends to support the publication of photographers for their first ever photobook. You can download the podcast in high or low resolution at Daylight Magazine.
The whole portfolio is quite stunning, not only because of the subject but because of the aesthetics and compositions that the photographer uses to enhance the form and beauty of the human body with the elegance of classical gestures and bucolic settings.
© Jennette Williams
© Jennette Williams
