Caterina Maina

Javo and Eldi on the Steps (edition 2/8)

archival inkjet print of 4×5 large format color negative

23″ x 27″

2020

‘Javo and Eldi on the Steps’ is an intimate, collaborative portrait capturing the essence of Javo and Eldi outside their home in Caleton Blanco, a town near Santiago De Cuba. Taken in January 2020 with a 4×5 large format view camera, this photograph showcases the nuanced details of their life and Cuban culture.

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Caterina Maina

Hairy Fruit

Inspired by: Justin Walker, Daddy Bruce Henry George Todd, Study of Strawberries

archival inkjet print from 4×5 large format color negative

16″ x 20″

2023

“Hairy Fruit” came about while thinking about how still lives of fruit have often been used to depict or suggest the female form, sensuality, and the reproductive system. Using the hair I shaved off my head two years prior, I wanted to connect it to body hair. As in Henry George Todd’s “Study of Strawberries,” the brown discoloration disrupts/questions the beauty of the strawberries, as does the hair in my image. I use food in connection with the female form, even though no form is present in my work, which evokes Justin Walker’s “Daddy Bruce”.

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