Conversations with Myself

The images I've presented here are an excerpt from Conversations with Myself, a series of staged self portraits, in which I perform as a mid century woman, appropriating the garb and demeanor of my mother’s generation, a woman of the mid 1950's. Whilst I personify and interpret my memories of the burdens they carried due to the mores and expectations placed on them, I also explore my own inner landscape in relation to theirs as wives and mothers, inhabiting the past and the present simultaneously.

© Jo Ann Chaus - House Dress
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House Dress

© Jo Ann Chaus - Stepping Off
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Stepping Off

© Jo Ann Chaus - Stone Wal
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Stone Wal

© Jo Ann Chaus - Daisy's Grill
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Daisy's Grill

© Jo Ann Chaus - Brooklyn
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Brooklyn

© Jo Ann Chaus - Purse and Keys
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Purse and Keys

© Jo Ann Chaus - Inspector
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Inspector

© Jo Ann Chaus - First Aid
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First Aid

© Jo Ann Chaus - Slip
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Slip

© Jo Ann Chaus - Pink Flowers
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Pink Flowers

© Jo Ann Chaus - Kitchen Sink
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Kitchen Sink

© Jo Ann Chaus - Queen
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Queen

© Jo Ann Chaus - Ties
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Ties

© Jo Ann Chaus - Shutters
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Shutters

© Jo Ann Chaus - Stained Glass
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Stained Glass

© Jo Ann Chaus - Green Dress
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Green Dress

© Jo Ann Chaus - Waiting
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Waiting

© Jo Ann Chaus - Car Window
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Car Window

© Jo Ann Chaus - Party Dress
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Party Dress

© Jo Ann Chaus - Yellow Coat
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Yellow Coat

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