Malerie Marder - Anatomy - 2013

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Over the course of six years, Malerie Marder photographed prostitutes in the Netherlands. During that time, she meditated on the thin separation between the two sides of her camera--that sliver of fortune that separated her from the world of the women she photographed. The photographs that resulted do not raise awareness or work as documents, rather they toggle between reality and a mythical space that allows for momentary escape.

“Women’s bodies hide as much as they reveal. I thought of Aphrodite, working single mothers, odalisques, adulterers and enigmas...The thought of how they got there was deeply troubling. My camera was a passport into a gray, hidden world; the result of a liberal society where free will is a question mark.”

While traveling to The Netherlands for an exhibition of her work, Malerie Marder became aware of the extremely diverse population of women who support themselves and their families through legal prostitution. Begun in 2008 and concluded in 2013, the series includes images of women of all ages and ethnicities. During that time, and over the course of many transatlantic trips, she meditated on the separate realities behind and in front of her lens.