Moira Lovell

I’m really sorry that I missed ‘The Narrators’ Gaze’ at the National Coalmining Museum on 26 March.  Unfortunately, I had a meeting at Bolton Hospital which I couldn’t miss. 

I have, however, been looking at the images of the photographers involved and the style of Moira Lovell is similar to mine.    Her website is:  http://www.moiralovell.com/photo/2/2.html

I love her project ‘The After School Club’ of 2006/2007, in which she photographs of young people who dress in school uniform to go to a nightclub,  in front of gates of their secondary schools.

This website - http://www.joaohenriques.com/abitpixel/moira-lovell-the-after-school-club/ – provides useful comment, adding that her project:

“[…] dissected the topic of school uniforms, dress, offering a look sexualized and childish, non-threatening sexuality of the woman, before the male gaze, whereas in the educational system, the purpose of clothing is to provide a homogenous identity, not stimulating competition. It is suggested that schools as disciplinary institutions, seem in part to create a core group of obedient followers of the male gaze.”