The Intimately Anonymous Self-Portraits Of Zezn
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- Anna Dorothea Ker
Japanese photographer zezn explores her own identity through an ongoing series of elegant self-portraits.
Instagram channel with short GIFs and the occasional nature shot, zezn’s works are as cohesive as they are varied, capturing the movement of individual body parts: the expressiveness of hands, cascading hair, the curve of an arched back. “I photograph without a theme”, says zezn in an exclusive statement. “I strike a pose freely…”
Taken in black-and-white, the photographs show the photographer from the back, side or front with her face obscured by a swathe of hair. Interspersed on herAll images © zezn