The debut volume from the photographer Eylül Aslan presented in a limited edition cloth covered hardcover book. The simplicity and playfulness of the photographer's images belie the seriousness and significance of the photographer’s intent. Simply stated, Eylül Aslan’s art is a reaction against the political and Limited Editionreligious oppression of women and against societies within which female sensuality is taboo and women must suppress their sexuality.
The titular use of Trauerweide (Weeping Willow) serves as an oblique and coded reference to traditional Islamic dress. For the photographer, the veiled form of the tree primarily serves as a symbol for the fragility and sadness of women whilst simultaneously presenting hope through its traditional associations with flexibility, freedom and endurance. This duality mirrors the conflict at the heart of the photographer's work; an intriguing dichotomy caused by the need to appear behind a mask or veil (without the freedom of self-expression) but the desire to use art as a creative vehicle for advocacy. Misogyny, may sadly still be a prominent feature of many contemporary societies and religions, manifesting itself through sexual discrimination, denigration of women, and sexual objectification, but Eylül Aslan’s photography represents philogyny; an antidote in the form of an antonym.
First Edition
460 numbered copies
80 pages, 64 colour plates
18.0 cm x 24.0 cm
Hot foil embossed cloth covered hardcover
Offset printing
Éditions du LIC 2013
ISBN 978-82-93341-03-1
