HÉLÈNE AMOUZOU, SELF-PORTRAITS 1/2
“Amouzou thus began photographing herself in the attic with a 35 mm canon camera -and later a Rolleicord - as her lone witness. Not long after, however, she realized that extended exposure times and low-sensitivity films would allow her to move and portray herself without being recognized. Amouzou’s figure appears in motion, traveling through the frame as a fleeting figure.
She initially experimented with color film, but quickly returned to black and white. Amouzou believed that the hues and textures presented in monochrome might convey the raw and introspective nature of her photographs, whereas color would merely accentuate the dissonance between her outer and inner worlds. She could also develop and print black and white film by hand, tweaking and finetuning the visuals according to her preferences and the feelings she wanted to convey in each of her prints.” - Wereld Museum
Read an interview with Autograph here