Whitney Hubbs
American photographer (born 1977)
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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
- Whitney Hubbs, Situations, New York City, 2020[9][10][11][12]
Collections
Hubbs' work is held in the following permanent collections:
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA: 5 prints (as of 26 March 2022)[4]
- UCR/California Museum of Photography, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at University of California, Riverside, CA: 1 print (as of 26 March 2022)[5]