MELISSA ZEXTER, identity, photography & embroidery
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Words by Lula Criado The creative universe of Melissa Zexter’s art is deeply fascinating. The talented Brooklyn-based artist shoots and prints all of her photographs. Zexter blends digital and analogical photography with embroidery —a traditional handmade activity considered to be typically feminine— in such a suggestive way that transforms the identity of the photograph. Femininity, identity and portraiture are […]