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Publisher Note

Sandrine Elberg’s photographic work mixes identity quest and formal exploration. The artist delivers ambivalent images from hostile territories, connected to our collective imagination. Dressed with a mask from young girl Shakumi from the Noh Theater, she represents the character of 雪女 Yuki-Onna and invites us to reverie and contemplation.

雪女 Yuki-Onna is a Japanese folkloric character, a Yôkai, a spirit or a ghost who appears at night in regions where it snows a lot. She is described in different manners, sometimes as a huge woman sometimes as a snow-covered landscape. She represents the duality of winter, in between smooth beauty and violent storms. A part of Sandrine Elberg’s work consists in interfering with the negative. The altered image becomes then a transcendent image.

Artists’ Edition

Yuki-Onna

— Box 20 Photos

by Sandrine Elberg

Publisher self-published
Release Place Paris, France
Release Date 2019
Credits
Artist: Sandrine Elberg
Inscription numbered
Work  
Subform Photo Editions
Topics Hostile Territories, Imagintion
Methods Photography
Language English
Format Aluminium box
Dimensions 15.0 × 10.0 × 3.0 cm
Pages 20
Technique Offset