Trine Sondergaard

Trine Sondergaard is a photographer from Denmark. Her photography ranges from documentary to landscape photography. The work I chose is called "Strude". I saw four of her prints at one of the galleries in new york. I don't think she was featured because her work was in a separate room for faculty.
A strude is a mask worn by the women of Fano, a small island off the coast of Denmark.  Now they are only worn once a year when the woman get dressed up in old world regalia for a summer parade.  The purpose of a strude was to shield their skin from sandstorms. She wanted to capture a duration of time where past and present meet in the same moment. When I saw these in the gallery I couldn't stop looking at them. I was completely mesmerized by the color and softness of these portraits. I like how they are so powerful even though there is not one picture where the girl makes eye contact with the camera. There were some in the series that I feel totally did not work and it was ones of the back of the headdress. Theres something about seeing a face, even if just the tiniest bit that makes these images stronger.