SUZY LAKE

This book presents Suzy Lakes bold explorations of gender, the body and identity. Along with her expansive use of the photographic medium, these concerns make Lake an exemplary model for contemporary artists. Combining a deep knowledge of photographic conventions with strong personal convictions, she produces work that both inspires and provokes thought. Beauty at a Proper Distance/In Song (2 00102), for example, challenges notions of beauty and the aging body in a society that glorifies youth. Here Lake installed light b oxes in pub...[Read more]