RENE GROEBLI - DIE MUSCHEL shows female genitals in brilliant

shows female genitals in brilliant sharpness and lets the contours melt into nature

Friendship and camaraderie are easily detectable in these riders bound together by youth

an artistic moment which marks the genesis of this collection of images focused on young Swiss teenagers

second-wave feminism

Images: 53 colour images

RENE GROEBLI - DIE MUSCHEL shows female genitals in brilliantMade between 1984 and 1986, the photographs in Hidden Places are risky if not challenging. The German title: Die Muschel in English The Shell is intentionally allegorical. The Latin word vagina used in medicine to describe a part of the female body sounds too scientific to embrace emotional or poetic involvement. Where language reaches its limits, images can be helpful. Some of the early photographs of vulvas in art were taken by women. This marked an