Photographs by Alex Brew from her ‘Asking For It’ series. The images explore the skewed power dynamics between men and women that make objectifying men so difficult.

The work has been described as “beyond uncomfortable, something closer to unbearable.” (Sandra Erbacher, New Noise Arts) and “confrontational” (Marysia Zalewski, academic, in The International Feminist Journal of Politics - Routledge).

The artist approaches men in public places – outside offices, pubs, cafes and gentlemen's venues often in London's square mile. She sometimes asks them to fully or partially undress in a more private space – an alleyway, a car park, or back at their place or hers. The vulnerability of both herself and the men in the images comes into sharp focus as a negotiation between the sexes begins and power blurs.


Please contact Alex Brew on alexphotocontact@gmail.com