MEMORY & MEMENTO

Part performance art, part installation art, part textile culture, part feminist statement, JoAnna Johnson’s photographs are magical, haunting, lyrical, poignant—and sometimes suggestive. She’s constructed more than 100 dresses over the past 20 years and photographed them in a variety of landscapes, from the Midwest to New Mexico and Texas. Empathizing with the vulnerability of young girls, when photographing them she unobtrusively documents their time in her dresses by creating an atmosphere of playfulness. JoAnna lets the images create a narrative rather than imposing one. She believes photography captures a moment in time quite different from those moments that come before and after it.

JoAnna Johnson, USA

If you are interested in purchasing a photograph, please contact JoAnna directly at: fiberfoto@gmail.com (Shipping is additional.)

Click on the square thumbnails to view larger, full-sized images and to read JoAnna’s stories.