A Photographer Turns Her Lens On Men Who Catcall

[newarkhiphop]

This project is a work in progress documenting a part of my life as an African-Mexican-American,
transitioning from suburban Colorado to consistently being harassed on the streets of Philadelphia.
These images are a response to my subjects looking at me, and myself as an artist looking back

http://www.hannahcprice.com/cityofbrotherlylove.html

Social media was abuzz this week with photographer Hannah Price's portraits of men who catcalled her on the street. We first saw the story on The Morning News, where Price was briefly interviewed. We wanted to indulge our curiosity about Price and her work, so we decided to give her a call.

Price's remarks from our interview are below, but first, some background.

Price moved to Philadelphia in 2009 from Colorado and noticed for the first time that she was getting catcalled. The photographer, who's currently working toward an MFA in photography at Yale, decided to turn the camera on the people who approached her on the Philly streets. This resulted in the series "City of Brotherly Love" (Philly's nickname).

Ambiguity might be one of this project's most prevalent themes. It's been mistakenly referred to as "My Harassers" on some blogs, which Price does not like. Her series doesn't take an aggressive stance on catcalling; it's not meant to incite social action, she says. Rather, it's an observation, a way to react behind the camera lens.

Price's portraits leave much to interpretation. Not only do we not know the situations in which she crossed paths with these men, but we also have no idea of their relationship. The photos are framed in a variety of ways; the lighting, composition and even positioning of the subjects themselves vary so much that viewers have plenty of freedom to interpret them.

Price also included a few scenes with no breathing human subjects in the frame, such as a photo of a Marian Anderson image and a beauty salon advertisement. The inclusion of these nonportraits heightens the ambiguity of the project. In a video interview, Price talks about her decision to include this imagery alongside the photos of the men.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch...otographer-turns-her-lens-on-men-who-cat-call


this chick cray

 

[Spoonz]

lol @ the dude on the bike

 

[newarkhiphop]

this is her btw

 

[Gandolpiffini]

She'll be dead in no time

 

[newarkhiphop]

@spinoza

 

[Ohene]

so we cant even look or try to talk to hoes now without it being called harassment?

Take it as a compliment, stfu and keep it moving. I bet it be the same bytch with 500 pictures on instagram talking this jive nonsense

 

[LA Fisher]

Would she be doing this if most of them were white?

 

[FaTaL]

that nikka on the bike looks hella thirsty and dirty

 

[Gandolpiffini]

She should be glad he ugly ass is getting some attention

 

[Ricky Church]

bytch should take it as a compliment that someone actually wants to get at her ugly ass.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Homey On The Bike Is No Joke

 

[cleanface coney]

i bet you this broad fukks alot of different dudes

 

[newarkhiphop]

so we cant even look or try to talk to hoes now without it being called harassment?

Take it as a compliment, stfu and keep it moving. I bet it be the same bytch with 500 pictures on instagram talking this jive nonsense

they call it verbal rape and there trying to pass a law to make it illegal ( it already is in n.dakota and Minnesota )

 

[Born2BKing]

that nikka on the bike looks hella thirsty and dirty

Haha, he do. nikka looks like he steals women's panties from Laundromats.

 

[Spoonz]

you nikkas buggin' the girl ain't even ugly she's average.