Anna Ream
Resides in Issquah, USA
IVF Madonna, 2019
Archival pigment print, 20 x 30”
Anna Ream
Anna Ream is a conceptual and documentary portrait photographer. Her artistic practice is centred at the nexus of motherhood, identity, and community, examining the social expectations of motherhood, adolescent sub-communities, and the emotional complexity of childhood. The Madonnahood series plays with the contradiction between idealized motherhood and the real, lived experiences of modern mothers. Referencing the visual language of Madonna paintings, Reams uses props to symbolize experiences and roles common to mothers. “Handmade elements and textile backgrounds draw upon sewing, quilting, and knitting skills my mother taught me. The portraits reflect the confusing jumble of conscious and unconscious, internal and external, personal and cultural, messages and expectations about motherhood that I sort through in my messy reality.”
IG: @anna_ream
