Anna Sampson is a fine art photographer based in London, UK. Originally a painter, Anna is a self-taught photographer who shoots on film and completes her images in the darkroom. Her work challenges gender boundaries in popular culture by blending and subverting cisgender stereotypes, with a playful riff on role-play.
Gender Trouble is Anna Sampson’s first solo show in London, showcasing a collection of photographs that challenge the notion of gender identity. Shot over the past two years, her images posit a suggestion that true feminism requires real equality – and that there should be no hierarchy between the sexes. By merging and blurring gender clichĂ©s and stereotypes, Anna seeks to free gender from its bipolar shackles, demonstrating that gender, like sexuality, is fluid and non-binary.
“The heterosexual male gaze has both dominated and defined popular culture for centuries. Women have always faced – and continue to face – being objectified and commodified by male sexual desire. In this exhibition, I hope to challenge that orthodoxy.”
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