GUIA BESANA

In photography I have always been drawn to subjects involving women. Becoming a mother has crucially influenced and changed my personal work.

I began using a large format camera to stage and recreate images where the subject is a mother in a very specific situation and state of mind seizing the tension between what seems like an obviuos circumstance and a deeper implication.

I try to define the role of the mother describing the conflictual world women experience during pregnancy and motherhood, capturing a moment in daily life in which the woman’s identity is questioned, with the purpose of preserving the emotional experience that becoming a mother entails.

In this series (2010-2011) the titles are an integral part of the work contributing to the narration of the fictitious stories.