Space. Private relationships.

Kelli Connell

Onde uma tem

O cetim

A outra tem a rudeza

Onde uma tem

A cantiga

A outra tem a firmeza

Tomba o cabelo

Nos ombros

O suor pela

Barriga

Onde uma tem

A riqueza

A outra tem

A fadiga

Tapa a nudez

Com as mãos

Procura o pão

Na gaveta

Onde uma tem

O vestígio

Tem a outra

A pele seca

Enquanto desliza

O fato

Pega a outra na

Enxada

Enquanto dorme

Na cama

A outra arranja-lhe

A casa

Maria Teresa Horta

A single model plays two roles in each of the photographs in this portfolio from Kelli Connell. Connell uses elements of private relationships she has experienced herself or witnessed in others to inspire these two-person scenes. She then uses Photoshop to stitch multiple medium-format negatives together to create the juxtapositions in the final photographs. The result is a multi-faceted questioning of duality: of masculine and feminine, exterior and interior, static and evolving. Appropriately, Connell’s intentions here are two-fold. One the one hand she exposes her autobiographical questioning of sexuality and gender roles, particularly as they influence identity in relationships. On the other hand she is also interested in how the response of viewers reveals their own notions of identity and social constructs.