Claustrophobia: Theory Notes

Dictionary.com defines claustrophobia as "an abnormal fear of being in enclosed or narrow places." I tried to convey this with my photographs.

Since claustophobia is a fear of small spaces, I wanted to have intimate yet intimidating close-ups of a seemingly scared model, as if through the eyes of a perpetrator of some sort. I wanted to try and violate a visual comfort zone. I did so by taking picture of different, rather disjointed areas of her body in the same position, as if the viewer is looking her up and down, examining her fear.

For the final print, in which she is in a different pose, I wanted an attempted escape, breaking the pattern created by the intimidated look in the previous images.