Eva stenram biography

Self-proclaimed 'photographic archaeologist' Eva Stenram shares with us the ideas and processes behind her practice, and her use of found imagery.

Hi Eva,

Thanks for taking the time to talk with us.

Can you walk us through the process of finding source material to use in your works?

ES: I have worked with many different kinds of images over the years to create work, including my own family album, NASA’s images from Mars and Internet pornography.

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In the last few years I have almost exclusively been working with vintage pin-up imagery. I sift through and buy negatives, slides and magazines on internet auction sites, always looking for images with particular characteristics.

PW: What do you look for and how do you decide on the type intervention you’ll carry out on the image?

ES: All my source materials are photographs that captivate and entice me – my source material is both my source of inspiration and the raw material to create the work from.

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