![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is a myriad of images in which they are utterly in the nude, embracing their womanhood in a manner that indicates they are not only calm but also basking in ecstasy. Throughout “In My Room,” Leiter strives to demonstrate just how gorgeously unconcerned and liberated woman are behind closed doors. Alone and stark naked, women can finally abandon the façade of respectability and simply be. ![]() The photographer, Saul Leiter, who focused on the perception of people or things in his artwork, sought to show a deeply personal side of women, free from pressures. At home, in our own personal domain, we dare to be vulnerable and to expose our barest parts. What the book “In My Room,” published by Steidl, strives to do is strip us of those superficial layers in order to uncover the nitty-gritty, raw, unadulterated version of ourselves. We offer a select piece of ourselves because, more often than not, our genuine self is not entirely suitable for an audience. In other words, we do not exhibit who we are wholly at our core. Instead, we dress ourselves up to give off a certain persona or character. Nonetheless, though we put ourselves on display, we don’t reveal our honest self. When in public, we broadcast ourselves to the world, permitting complete strangers to scrutinize us. ![]()
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