Like previously stated Lorna Simson uses her work as a way of questioning identity and in this piece she has used photography as a form of self reflection to draw the viewer in and almost forcing them to question identity through narrative photography and text.
Identify, history and memory being Simpson's main focus in her work is a reoccurring theme with many artist during the 80's. There was a shift in artmaking during the last 70s and early 80s due to the massive movements which happened in the 60s as a result of activist and the massive uprising for equality. 'Its conceptualism, feminism, story art, return of figure via performance, photographs, drawings as well as painting, and most critically, politics of the body, gender, race, of
Identify, history and memory being Simpson's main focus in her work is a reoccurring theme with many artist during the 80's. There was a shift in artmaking during the last 70s and early 80s due to the massive movements which happened in the 60s as a result of activist and the massive uprising for equality. 'Its conceptualism, feminism, story art, return of figure via performance, photographs, drawings as well as painting, and most critically, politics of the body, gender, race, of