Ana Blumenkron
Foreplay
During these long days on my own, without anyone to share quarantine with, my body has started aching. I miss kissing, holding hands, long hugs—basically any form of physical contact. Right now, I could devour the world through my hands, my body, my skin. I want to press my flesh against anyone and everyone. In a misogynist world, this reads as of promiscuous, or slutty. But this is an existential crisis, where I need touch to be saved from unbearable loneliness. Through contact, I can let myself know that I exist, that I am here. Under the current circumstances, I wasn't able to do anything about this, so I picked up my phone and tried to fulfil my intimacy needs through dating apps and sexting, creating a conversation between my Polaroid camera and men across a screen.
Ana Blumenkron • Louis Delbarre • Claire Eggers • Stephen Furner • Zhiran Gu • Quetzal Maucci • Nadine Persaud • Jieying Shao • Phoebe Smith • Sneha Soodamani • Marcel Top • Erica Zelante •
University for the Creative Arts
MFA Photography
Falmouth University
MA Photography
London College of Communication
MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography
Ulster University
MFA Photography
University of Westminster
MA Photography Arts
University of Westminster
MA Documentary Photography & Photojournalism