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# Project Description Self-Finish Beatrice El Asmar Summary Final work Beatrice El Asmar is a documentary photographer of Italian-Lebanese descent, based in London for the past decade. Drawing on her diverse background, she focuses on social issues, feminism, and communities while actively challenging stereotypes and portrayals in mainstream media. Her long-term projects often delve into subcultures and the realities of those frequently overlooked. In her practice, photography acts as a lens through which she interprets the world around her. Through extensive research and theoretical exploration, as well as by utilising alternative technologies, she processes both her own experiences and those of the individuals in her life, thereby deepening her understanding of these realities. Beatrice seeks to showcase a more intimate and alternative perspective, prioritising stories that have not received adequate attention or that are often illustrated from a limited viewpoint. Her work aims to illuminate topics that require acknowledgement and discussion, fostering dialogue or prompting critical reflection. At the core of her practice is a commitment to ethical principles that guide both her work and her life as a photographer. Beatrice El Asmar is a documentary photographer of Italian-Lebanese descent, based in London for ... College London College of Communication Course MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Graduation year 2025 This series of self-portraits was created using slit scan technology, mostly known for its use for photo-finish in racing sports, thus reclaiming a patriarchal automation which judges, measures and commodifies linear speed and ‘progress'. Subverting our expectations of how time and space occupy the photographic image, the work highlights how the supposedly linear progression of human rights, especially for cis and trans women, is being eroded to the extent that it is actually moving backwards. A fragmented portrait of one of the two female photo-finish operators in the UK, this work invites a different kind of embodied photographic seeing. Final work Self-Portrait 1 All of these images are the product of the slit scan technology, instead of a standard camera, it makes thousands of scans per second in the same spot, and it depicts only what is moving, so in all of them, all of the surfaces of the pictures are drawn with the traces of the scans. Self-Portrait 2 A slit-scan image of a hand. Self-Portrait 3 Self-Portrait 4 A slit-scan image of the leg. Share this project This series of self-portraits was created using slit scan technology, mostly known for its use for photo-finish in racing sports, thus reclaiming a patriarchal automation which judges, measures and commodifies linear speed and ‘progress'.Subverting our expectations of h... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Activism Being Human Beyond Human Body Craft & Process Digital Experiences Politics
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