Whitney Hubbs

Whitney Hubbs (born 1977) is an American photographer.[1][2][3] Her work is held in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum[4] and UCR/California Museum of Photography.[5]

Early life and education

Hubbs was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She graduated with a degree in photography from California College of the Arts in 2005 and received an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2009.[2]

Life and work

With the series Body Doubles, "she photographed women in various states of undress, their faces obscured by a variety of textured papers and fabrics in bold colors"[2] "in poses that defy the conventional language of nude photography."[6] "The series was her way of showering off the male gaze by looking at women through her own eyes."[2]

Her book Say So (2021) contains self-portraits[7] that could, in the words of Chris Wiley writing in frieze, "be superficially described as sadomasochistic erotica, since they feature Hubbs in a variety of compromising position and in various states of undress." However, "when we plumb their depths, these pictures reveal themselves as being less about titillation and more about universal, close-to-the-bone emotional struggles..."[8]

Hubbs is the associate director of Light Work in Syracuse, NY.[3]

Publications

  • Woman In Motion. Los Angeles: Hesse, 2017. ISBN 9780997697322.
  • Say So. London: Self Publish, Be Happy, 2021. ISBN 9781916041219. With an essay by Chris Kraus. Edition of 1000 copies.[8]

Solo exhibitions

Collections

Hubbs' work is held in the following permanent collections:

References

  1. ^ "Whitney Hubbs - Biography". M+B. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. ^ a b c d "These Photos Disrupt the Male Gaze". Vice.com. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. ^ a b "Character Studies: Whitney Hubbs Interviewed by Kim Beil - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  4. ^ a b "Whitney Hubbs (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  5. ^ a b "Collections". UCR/California Museum of Photography. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  6. ^ "Nude Portraits Explore Empathy and the Female Form". Vice.com. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  7. ^ Merola, Alex (13 September 2021). "Whitney Hubbs' self-portraits are an ode to fetish, ageing & isolation". I-D. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  8. ^ a b Wiley, Chris (13 December 2021). "Whitney Hubbs's Unholy Rites for the Spiritually Bankrupt". frieze. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  9. ^ "Exhibition Review: Whitney Hubbs at Situations". Musée Magazine. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  10. ^ "Whitney Hubbs". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  11. ^ "Whitney Hubbs "Animal, Hole, Selfie"". www.nyartbeat.com. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  12. ^ "Whitney Hubbs at Situations". www.artforum.com. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
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