The photography, short films and video performances of Dutch artist Hester Scheurwater are often blocked on the Internet. The Self-obsessed iPhone series, which explores her desires, obsessions and fears sparked media hype in the Netherlands. The explicit imagery shocked many and fueled debate on the sexualization of society. But the editor of Scheurwater’s first book of photography, SHOOTING BACK, defends her work. Zurich-based curator, writer and contemporary photography specialist Walter Keller compares it to Rober Mapplethorpe’s sexually-charged imagery or Francesca Woodman’s erotic mise-en-scene.”Scheurwater’s visual self-explorations extend the boundaries of another main topic in art history and photography – the pose. But in her pictures, model and artist are one,” says Keller. “Yes, this is sexually explicit work, but even more, it is a curious and smart research about herself, where the artist looks at herself from both sides of the mirror.” www.hesterscheurwater.com All images on this website are copyright protected. If you are interested to publish any of these images, please contact hester.scheurwater@gmail.com for current rates.Tumblr (3.0; @hesterscheurwater)http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d7264f5dee2be0dc207b7ef230a12c45/tumblr_mmysmgZiOW1qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/50682449778http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/50682449778Fri, 17 May 2013 18:47:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd16555ab77223e1148782859756bfc5/tumblr_mmyod7IFe91qfsw0go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com">www.hesterscheurwater.com</a></p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/50675938926http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/50675938926Fri, 17 May 2013 17:15:07 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3ecb1c448099801faba23378042841b/tumblr_mmynzi2eI11qfsw0go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/50675358629http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/50675358629Fri, 17 May 2013 17:06:54 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4148eb48ecad4d922d1f02da6c62740d/tumblr_mmynqnKS641qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com">www.hesterscheurwater.com</a></p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/50674984772http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/50674984772Fri, 17 May 2013 17:01:35 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/941a5aab2b3ec85b83e463fffcceab5e/tumblr_mlte1hG0EJ1qfsw0go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48933054361http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48933054361Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:33:56 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bef17d5b5793d04cffcceb89a410d43f/tumblr_mlv081BU5W1qfsw0go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48922369828http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48922369828Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:07:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2952b353b6a0886e2a81ab8aca4be8d2/tumblr_mlv06o9CHD1qfsw0go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com">www.hesterscheurwater.com</a></p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48922345460http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48922345460Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:06:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/941a5aab2b3ec85b83e463fffcceab5e/tumblr_mlte1hG0EJ1qfsw0go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48853212112http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48853212112Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:10:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b252e872ce0f97145509dfa2aebf207/tumblr_mlt01mgoNn1qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com">www.hesterscheurwater.com</a></p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48843135339http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/48843135339Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:08:10 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct3ggrCFH1qfsw0go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption"><span class="hasCaption"><br/>C photo Posed/Unposed <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ivorypress" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=389481537274">Ivorypress Art+Books</a> <br/> edited by Tobia Bezzola Kunsthaus Zurich.<br/><br/> The volume C Photo: Posed/Unposed outlines the field of tension between the entirely spontaneous and unposed on one hand, and the striving for a perfect pose on the other, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/martin.dezurich" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1651126939">de</a>picting a variety of approaches from photojournalism or amateur snapshots to advertising, portraiture and fashion photography. <br/><br/> Photographers published are Rico Scagliola & Michael Meier, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Thomas Struth, Pawel Juszczuk, Federico Patellani, Edward Quinn, Hester Scheurwater, Garry Winogrand, Guy Bourdin, Jules Spinatsch, Ghislain Dussart, Slim Aarons.</span></span></p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34754320081http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34754320081Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:19:27 -0400hester scheurwater cphotocphotoivory presstobia bezzolaposedunposed<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct36gXX7z1qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>@ Hester Scheurwater</p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34754164863http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34754164863Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:13:28 -0400hester scheurwatershooting backbookpage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct331GL2U1qfsw0go1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>zoo magazine interview</p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34754112717http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34754112717Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:11:25 -0400interviewzoo magazinecatherine somzehester scheurwater<p>PARIS HERE I COME!!! 16-19 nov. 2012 during Paris Photo! NOFOUND PHOTO FAIR: Galerie Frank Taal is very pleased to present Hester Scheurwater’s solo and bookpresentation of SHOOTING BACK . SHOOTING BACK is the name of the solo and of the book of photographs presented at the NOFOUND Photo Fair in Paris, which was published and edited by Walter Keller (Gerber &amp; Keller ) Zurich. The photography, s h ort films and video performances of Dutch artist Hester Scheurwater are often blocked on the Internet. The Self-obsessed iPhone series, which explores her desires, obsessions and fears spa rked media hype in the Netherlands. The explicit imagery shocked many and fueled debate on the sexualization of society. But the editor of Scheurwater&#8217;s first book of photography, SHOOTING BACK, defends her work. Zurich-based curator, writer and contemporary photography specialist Walter Keller compares it to Rober Mapplethorpe&#8217;s sexually-charged imagery or Francesca Woodman&#8217;s erotic mise-en-scene. &#8220;Scheurwater&#8217;s visual self-explorations extend the boundaries of another main topic in art history and photography - the pose. But in her pictures, model and artist are one,&#8221; says Keller. &#8220;Yes, this is sexually explicit work, but even more, it is a curious and smart research about herself, where the artist looks at herself from both sides of the mirror.&#8221; Under the guise of self-portraits Hester Scheurwater investigates and critiques the role of woman as a sex object. Photographs of herself posing before a mirror reflects both Scheurwater&#8217;s inner thoughts and outward appearance. &#8220;The mirrored self-images are my way of reacting on the imitated and fake media images, which are constantly calling upon our imagination, without intending to be taken too seriously, &#8221; she explains. &#8221; I try to deconstruct this call&#8217;s effect with my reactions by switching the &#8216;subject-object&#8217; relationship, without being victimised by it.&#8221; Scheurwater&#8217;s work is sexually explicit, and therefore well known. Zurich based Walter Keller is co-founder of Parkett Art Magazine, Fotomuseum Winterthur/Switzerland, and Scalo Publishers (active until 2006). He is a curator, writer, gallerist and an internationally well-known specialist of contemporary photography. Walter Keller published books from Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Richard Prince, Boris Mikhailov, Helmut Newton and more. &#8212;- SHOOTING BACK is also on display in the new gallery of the Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam. The gallery specializes in editions and displays both historical classics as well as contemporary books and multiples. &#8212;- SHOOTING BACK is available exclusively through Galerie Walter Keller, Zurich Switzerland, Galerie Frank Taal Rotterdam, Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam. Book information: Hardcover with linen, 120 pages, 20 x 30&#160;cm, appr. 115 color and b/w full page photos, Limited Edition 250 copies (no reprint will be made). All copies come with a signed and numbered inkjet print in the size of the book, printed with archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper. Published by Gerber &amp; Keller, Zurich.</p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34754063016http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34754063016Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:09:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m53ystItoK1qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/24417348973/www-hesterscheurwater-com" class="tumblr_blog">hesterscheurwater</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com"><a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com">www.hesterscheurwater.com</a></a></p></blockquote> <p>Reblog</p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34696978933http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34696978933Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:54:08 -0400<a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com/2012/10/openingsspeech-door-frits-gierstberg-hoofd-tentoonstellingen-nederlands-fotomuseum/">Opening speech by Frits Gierstberg, head of exhibitions at the Nederlands Fotomuseum, at the Hester Scheurwater exhibition Shooting Back at Frank Taal Galerie on Saturday 13 October 2012.</a>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34692626804http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34692626804Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:36:32 -0400hester scheurwaterfrits gierstbergfrank taalwalter kellergerber &amp; kellershooting backsolobook<a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com/2012/10/solo-shooting-back-at-nofound-photo-fair-paris-including-book-presentation/">Solo SHOOTING BACK at NOFOUND Photo Fair Paris including book presentation</a>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34692540635http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/34692540635Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:32:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb0w7l06Kx1qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/32406027737http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/32406027737Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:16:33 -0400www.hesterscheurwater.com<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_may9roHlOd1qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>© Hester Scheurwater</p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/32320536325http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/32320536325Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:16:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6l6ysAwjf1qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.hesterscheurwater.com">www.hesterscheurwater.com</a> © Hester Scheurwater</p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/26417734379http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/26417734379Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:32:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6kpuhOqXD1qfsw0go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>SNEAK PEEK Shooting Back – Hester Scheurwater edited by Walter Keller | Hester Scheurwater</p>http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/26407949006http://hesterscheurwater.tumblr.com/post/26407949006Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:23:04 -0400