Girl on Girl

Girl on Girl looks at how women are using photography, the internet and the female gaze to explore self image and female identity in contemporary art.

A new generation of women is taking the art world online and offline by storm. In an image obsessed culture saturated with social media, these 40 artists are using photography and the female gaze to redefine the fields of fashion, art, advertising and photojournalism, making a profound impact on our visual world.

Forty artists are featured, all of whose principal subject matter is either themselves or other women. Each is accompanied by a short profile based on personal interviews with the author, giving a fascinating insight into this exciting shift in female creativity.

"Charlotte Jansen has brought together some of the finest female photographers of our generation" Refinery29

"A very important book" Vogue Italia

"Young female artists are using photography and social media to explore issues of female identity. This gorgeous book introduces 40 of them, in an investigation of photography and the female gaze." Eva Wiseman, Observer Magazine

Features work by

Aneta Bartos

Tonje Boe Birkeland

Nakeya Brown

Juno Calypso

Anja Carr

Amanda Charchian

Petra Collins

Maisie Cousins

Nathalie Daoust

Shae DeTar

Lalla Essaydi

Maya Fuhr

Yaeli Gabriely

Petrina Hicks

Ayana V. Jackson

Lebohang Kganye

Lilia Li Mi Yan

Pixy Liao

Alexandra Marzella

Rania Matar

Izumi Miyazaki

Monika Mogi

Zanele Muholi

Mihaela Noroc

Birthe Piontek

Elizabeth Renstrom

Marianna Rothen

Phebe Schmidt

Leah Schrager

Molly Soda

Johanna Stickland

iu Susiraja

Deanna Templeton

Yvonne Todd

Mayan Toledano

Jaimie Warren

Isabelle Wenzel

Aviya Wyse

Jessica Yatrofsky

Pinar Yola an

“"Pay attention to what your dreams are telling you. This dream decoder can help you sort out the signs and symbols you're encountering."?- VICE”

"A startling and stunning book that offers a rich, varied alternative to the idea of the selfie as the contemporary feminist art form."-ELLE "As Girl on Girl makes clear, the female gaze offers a powerful lens through which to view, and better understand, the world."-Artsy "Jansen has curated a compelling group of photographers, asked difficult questions, and produced a beautifully illustrated book . . . [Girl on Girl] manages to be of interest to photographers and historians of photography while staying accessible to readers who are interested in learning about contemporary photography. It's definitely worth a read."-Jezebel "Striking in its breadth."-The Huffington Post "What Jansen's book smartly makes clear is that there is no singular female gaze."-ArtSlant "Women like those in Jansen's book are challenging female representation in visual culture, and perhaps with their ideas in mind, we can begin to challenge the current standards of female visual representation ourselves"-Creator's Project at VICE

Charlotte Jansen is a freelance journalist and editor-at-large for Elephant magazine.

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