365 / 2015
Susanne Junker documented the changes to her body after the birth of her son in 2014. As a daily routine, she deconstructed her pregnancy-altered body and published this ever-growing puzzle on her new Instagram account. This series, titled 365 / 2015, was a daily process, and the photographing and posting of each daily photo allowed her to be an artist for at least a few minutes of the day alongside her newborn. It was also a consistent reminder of ongoing transformation, an observation of aging, a discovery of a new self, a restoration of degenerating body parts, and a daily exercise in applying familiar creativity to seemingly unattractive areas of skin and flesh, gazes, and moods in non-staged environments.
Susanne:
365 / 2015 is an attempt to construct a daily self-portrait and, in doing so, achieve a reconstruction through the deconstruction of my body. My body — which changed tremendously during and after my pregnancy in 2014 — now feels utterly estranged to me. Sharing it with an unborn child for nine months and then becoming a food source for this little life is a natural and even sweet process. Yet it robbed me of all familiarity with the shell I once knew so well: the ever-available canvas of myself.
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