DRAPE

Drape I / 2011 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape XVII / 2025 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 37.5cm x 31cm / edition of 5

Drape VIII / 2012 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape IV / 2012 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape VI / 2012 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape VII / 2012 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape IX / 2012 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape X / 2012 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape XI / 2013 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape XII / 2013 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape V / 2012 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 50cm x 50cm / edition of 5

Drape XIV / 2015 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 29.5cm x 29.5cm / edition of 42 (Whitechapel Gallery Limited Edition)

Drape XVI / 2021 / silver gelatin print on fibre based paper / 20cm x 25cm / edition of 5

Drape XV / 2015

Drape uses vintage pin-up photographs as its source material. These photographs, probably mostly from the 1950s and 60s, depict women that are posed in interior (semi-) domestic sets in front of curtains or drapes.

After scanning these pin-up photographs, the curtains or drapes were digitally extended in order to partially obscure the women.

The background (the drapes or curtains) and foreground (the model’s body) are exchanged and this digital manipulation causes a rupture within the scene. Once the backdrop falls in front of the model, showing just parts of her body, our voyeuristic desire becomes clearer.

By deflecting and redirecting the viewer’s gaze, our attention is drawn to the rest of the scene that sets the fantasy, yet often remains overlooked.

These images derive from original medium format negatives by anonymous photographers.

Drape XV during the Contact Photography Festival, Toronto (CA), 2016.

Drape XVII during the Tallinn Photomonth, 2025.

Drape installed at Whitechapel Gallery, London (GB).

Drape installed at Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen (DK).

Drape VII installed at Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York (US)

Drape installed at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (GB).

Drape at T3 Photography Festival, Ueno Park, Tokyo (JP).

Ludwigshafen train station (DE)