Life photo-set: Freud's Bedroom (Jenni Mac)
Added 2025-05-09 09:00:08 +0000 UTCIn Jenni Mac's final photo-set in the domestic series we took inspiration from the white-sheeted metal-framed bed in the house we were staying in, riffing off of common visual themes in the paintings of Lucien Freud, including Celia Paul's pose in the 1972–3 painting 'Naked Portrait' below (Patreon has limited our flagged the title of the portrait as against their guidelines, so we can't name it here?!) and the legs protruding from the bed in the 1997 painting 'Sunny Morning—Eight Legs'
Recommended reading: Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul
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About the model & photos
Jenni's pronouns are they/them
You can find Jenni's Portrait, Life & life Rotation photosets by following the links
Watch Jenni's first life drawing replay HERE, their Christmas session HERE, their Gwen John session HERE, their Writer themed session HERE & NYE themed session HERE
Watch Jenni's portrait recording HERE
You can follow Jenni's artwork or poetry on Instagram via the links
Here are some of the works which informed the poses in today's set:
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About the photographer
The photos in this set were shot by Justyna Neryng at our domestic photoshoot, you can see previews of the reference photos being released this Spring in our teaser HERE.
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Guidelines for using the photographs
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Share these pictures with anybody else – they are between you and us
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Thanks!
