International Women Photographers Series—Linda Troeller: Sex Death Transcendence
“Over the years, I saw that the body must be examined, moved, re-engaged, re-found, re-addressed because it is such a powerful route to intimate photographs and a surreal contact with the great beyond.”
Episode #86
Summary
Linda Troeller’s self-portraits are compiled into a luscious tour de force of womanhood, identity and aging.
Episode Notes:
Troeller utilizes her relationship with the camera to understand herself and a woman’s place in the world across decades. Her history traverses that of a beauty contestant, potential lawyer, photojournalism student, model, muse, photo teacher, photographer, provocateur and activist. With conviction, insight and wisdom Troeller celebrates and generously shares her embodied strength and fragility.
In this conversation, Linda discusses, among other things:
Universalizing the personal
Provocation aka myth-busting
The circular relationship of punctum
Linda-ness
Self-portraiture, performance and installation
Exploring internal and external ageism
Sacred water explorations
Book decisions - ie: including titles
Sequencing, process and collaboration
Ghost Ranch, Leonora Carrington, Sophie Calle and Carolee Schneeman
Referenced in the episode:
Neither Give Not Take Away - Sophie Calle at Arles