After conflict with her body, she chose to stand before the lens as a nude model—not to be consumed, but to make images through her own presence. These photographs do not attempt to define what the nude should be. They remain with a quieter question: can the image of a body return to the person who chose to stand there? In the camera and the mirror, vulnerability remains, but the body comes back as her own.
Sumi Noma is a lens-based artist born and raised in Japan. Her practice investigates the "wavering" nature of human existence, exploring the themes of vulnerability, femininity, and the cyclical flows of life.
