Lina Scheynius’s career began in front of the camera. Bored by the industry and at the height of her modeling career, she started photographing herself. Far from professional studios and Photoshop, she began to capture her everyday life: intimate glimpses captured in their rawest form or in dazzling sunlight. The snapshots are held together by an effortlessness that shows Scheynius’s closeness without drifting into kitsch. Her works have since appeared in magazines and photo books such as “Flowers,” as well as in regular gallery exhibitions. At the Tanja Wagner, Scheynius seeks, as always, the magic in the imperfect: The exhibition gathers delicate nude studies showing skin with all its flaws. Contrasting pregnancy with old age and exhaustion with joy so naturally, Scheynius succeeds in presenting an honest look at female desire that reverses the male gaze. Her photographs convey the beauty of being a woman without any gloss: honest, vulnerable and self-confident. (Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Lina Scheynius, courtesy of Galerie Tanja Wagner)
Galerie Tanja Wagner, Pohlstr.64, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten; map
Lina Scheynius, “Body,” 22.2.–13.4.2019, Tue-Sat 11-18h
Opening event: Fri, 22.02.2019, 18h
