Patricia Janek
She Holds, She Vanishes
This work began with a quiet feeling: being looked at, but not fully seen. As women, we’re often reduced to fragments - roles, routines, body parts. Susan Sontag wrote, "Women are taught to see their bodies in parts and evaluate each part separately." That line stayed with me. Through black-and-white self-portraiture, I explore how domestic life can erase us. I focus on the legs - cropped, hidden, overlooked. Shapewear appears throughout, not to flatter but to reflect pressure: to shrink, contain, stay small. Black and white strips away distraction and warmth, revealing repetition, stillness, and emotional weight. These images don’t offer answers. They create space to pause, to notice what often goes unseen. To see, really see, what she holds before she vanishes.
Jane Barker • Mai Hem • Patricia Janek • Heidi Jones • Sindija Malakovska • Grace Schofield • Ivy Sellers •
Bath Spa University
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Glasgow School of Art
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Kingston University London
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Leeds Trinity University
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Limerick School of Art and Design
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Middlesex University
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National College of Art and Design
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Pearse College of Further Education
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Arts University Plymouth
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Ulster University
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University of Wales Trinity Saint David
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University of Wales Trinity Saint David
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Visual Activism