Anja Niemi：《從不存在的女人》

展覽 | Anja Niemi：《從不存在的女人》

展期 | 2017.03.16 - 2017.04.22

地點 | Photo 12 Galerie 巴黎

Exhibition: The Woman Who Never Existed

Premiered at Photofairs San Francisco (27-29 January 2017)

It will open at Photo 12 Galerie in Paris (16 March - 22 April)

位於法國巴黎的Photo 12 Galerie畫廊，近期將展出攝影家Anja Niemi的作品《從不存在的女人》。攝影家的這組作品靈感來源於具有開拓性的義大利著名女演員Eleonora Duse曾經說過的一句話。Eleonora曾經在20世紀出與另一位法國著名女演員莎拉·伯恩哈特（Sara Bernhardt）同時受到觀眾喜愛。但是與莎拉·伯恩哈特的外向性格相比，Eleonora Duse性格內向，並且非常低調。她曾經對採訪她的媒體說過一句話：「離開這個舞台，我將不復存在」。也正是這句話，激發了攝影家的靈感，創作出了作品中這個虛擬的人物形象，利用這個「從未存在過的」女人，講述了一個女演員的故事。她，只存在於觀眾面前，當舞台落幕，她也將漸漸消失。

「The Woman Who Never Existed」 was inspired by the words of the pioneering Italian actress Eleonora Duse. Eleonora worked the international theatre stage alongside Sara Bernhardt in the early 20th century. In contrast to Bernhardt s outgoing personality, Duse was introverted and private, rarely giving interviews. She once famously told a pushy New York journalist, that 『away from the stage I do not exist.』 Niemi takes on the role of a fictional character visualized after reading Eleonora』s words. The Woman Who Never Existed tells the story of an actress who only exists in front of an audience, when no one is looking she starts to disappear.

Similarly, Niemi works alone, photographing, staging, and acting out the characters in all of her photographs.