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 the burdens they carried due to the mores and expectations placed on them, I also explore my inner landscape in relation to theirs as wives and mothers, inhabiting the past and the present simultaneously.

© Jo Ann Chaus - Sheers
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Sheers

© Jo Ann Chaus - House Coat
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House Coat

© Jo Ann Chaus - Clouds
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Clouds

© Jo Ann Chaus - Ties
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Ties

© Jo Ann Chaus - White Coat
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White Coat

© Jo Ann Chaus - Santa
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Santa

© Jo Ann Chaus - White Sheets
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White Sheets

© Jo Ann Chaus - Green Dress
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Green Dress

© Jo Ann Chaus - Wisp
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Wisp

© Jo Ann Chaus - Shutters
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Shutters

© Jo Ann Chaus - Stone Wall
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Stone Wall

© Jo Ann Chaus - Inspector
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Inspector

© Jo Ann Chaus - Pink Roses
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Pink Roses

© Jo Ann Chaus - 5 AM
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5 AM

Conversations with Myself by Jo Ann Chaus

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