Reclamation is an ongoing look at the intersection of film noir, its cinematic perpetuation of the Madonna-Whore dichotomy, and the criminalization of sex work.
This body of work uses stylized elements of noir to represent modern sex workers who, through their consensual employment in a field that threatens patriarchal capitalism, have become the living femme fatale archetype.
This series is reliant on the artist and participants’ positions within the sex work community and is a reaction to the April 2018 passing of bill package S.E.S.T.A./F.O.S.T.A.
