SUB #02 - Ilmatar

Sub#02 - Ilmatar, by Momo Okabe (Japanese photographer, winner of the prestigious Foam Paul Huf Award).

Each publication offers a writer free rein to introduce the series: writer Clarisse Gorokhoff offers an original fictional piece about marriage, echoing Jean-Christian Bourcart's series, and journalist Lou Tsatsas shares a poignant dream narrative to introduce us to Momo Okabe's work. They will be launched simultaneously at the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival. Developed over six years, the Ilmatar series documents photographer Momo Okabe's pregnancy, which began with in vitro fertilization. This procedure was necessary because, as an asexual woman, Okabe wanted to have a child without sexual intercourse. "I'm not looking to connect with others through this means," she explains. "Since my pregnancy, I find it even harder to accept that so many people get pregnant through sex. I personally hate the male genitalia and perceive sex as something shameful. But I realize that what seems abnormal to me is logical for others, and vice versa. It's a complex concept, constantly evolving." In her images, however, bodies are revealed without modesty, and nudity takes on many forms: eroticism, tenderness, repulsion, or even violence.

Author: Momo Okabe
Publisher: Fisheye éditions
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9791097326210
Condition: New (Sealed)