Jennifer Greenburg's Portfolio | Revising History
Revising History is made by replacing the entire central figure in vernacular photographs with images of myself. I intend the work to engage the audience in a conversation about how historical depictions of women, rife with aesthetically pleasing glamour, are used to help us idealize the American past. Using performative techniques and stagecraft, I transform into a protagonist– navigating her societal expectations sardonically– in order to draw a sharp parallel with the culture of discrimination women still experience today.
This is the work for which I am most known. You can read more about this project and you can look at other projects here. Student work is below.
Revising History is made by replacing the entire central figure in vernacular photographs with images of myself. I intend the work to engage the audience in a conversation about how historical depictions of women, rife with aesthetically pleasing glamour, are used to help us idealize the American past. Using performative techniques and stagecraft, I transform into a protagonist– navigating her societal expectations sardonically– in order to draw a sharp parallel with the culture of discrimination women still experience today.
This is the work for which I am most known. You can read more about this project and you can look at other projects here. Student work is below.
Jennifer Greenburg |Student Work
Click on an image to read about each body of work.
Click on an image to read about each body of work.
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