J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Toni Wilkinson & Susan Bright
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Tough Pleasures turns a bright light and witty lens on the conflicting dynamics of femininity and food—revealing appetite and desire. Susan Bright's astute and savory essay provides the perfect table setting for the environmental portraits that follow. Wilkinson masterfully interrupts the repetitive and limiting messaging of unattainable expectations and endless critique by putting power in the hands of her subjects, real women and girls.
In this conversation, Toni and Susan discuss, among other things:
Shooting intuitively
Slow looking
Penises
Capturing chaos
Too muchness
Interrogating with light
Breaking image sequence with detailed shots
Revisiting work and reopening the series
Defying prescripted roles
Playing with power plays
Image-making as a tool to engage in ideas
Slog, splendor and sensuality
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