What do women want? Freud's infamous question invites voyeurism – but examining what they do is far more revealing

  • Written by: Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
What do women want? Freud's infamous question invites voyeurism – but examining what they do is far more revealingJoel Muniz/Unsplash, CC BY

Ten years ago, artist Linda Fregni Nagler’s archival collection of more than a thousand studio-made portraits of infants went on show at the Venice Biennale.

Mostly dating from the 19th century, the pictures belong to a genre of “hidden mother” photography, featuring very young children supported by a...

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