Melissa Shook American, 1939-2020

In the mid-1960s Shook, a single mother, began photographing her mixed-race infant daughter Kristina – “Krissy.” Krissy recalls she could think of no other way to have grown up with...

Featuring 31 images, the exhibition highlights American artist Melissa Shook’s early self-portraits, a pioneering project exploring intimate female identity in photography.