Between You and Me

“I have been asking family, friends and acquaintances to draw my portrait. I supply them with paper together with a pen from which they are free to portray me as they wish. While they are doing this, I photograph them, trying to capture an image of their gaze.”

In Anna Selander’s project Between You and Me, portraiture becomes a relational exercise. Whereas in most cases there is a clear separation of artist and subject, here the balance of power is equal. Who portraits whom and what do the images reveal?

Each drawing is juxtaposed with the photograph of the artist, taken by the portrayed subject herself. This project reveals surprising insights on relationships, authorship and projection.

With a text by Lena Johansson