J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Mona Kuhn
Episode #27 Summary:
WORKS presents a retrospective of Brazilian/German photographer Mona Kuhn’s figurative and landscape series which highlight her essential quest to capture the synthesis of mind, body and spirit in still image.
Episode Notes
By blending technique, process and intent Kuhn brings transcendent reflections to light by exploring shadows. Collaborating with her subjects, all enter into an undefined space to await the moment where art and life coalesce. In this session Kuhn’s restless energy generously shares her meditative photographic practice.
In this book group, Mona Kuhn discusses, among other things:
The humanist influence of Brazilian photographer, Mario Cravo Neto
Allowing life to enter one’s work
An image which keeps on giving, lasts
The role of vulnerability and insecurities to propel work
The collaborative role of the subject, their creative freedom which grants them the final decision in allowing publication
Being led by shadow
Being dressed in your own skin
The fecundity of the female
Discerning and protecting your visual vocabulary
Intuitive intelligence and the abundance of the unconscious
Referenced in the episode
BODY The Photography Book Nathalie Herschdorfer