Lynn Hershman Leeson

Phantom Limb

1985-87

In these black-and-white photo collages, created before the advent of Photoshop, female bodies are merged with machinery. Objects such as cameras, binoculars, electric plugs, clocks, and televisions replace the limbs of these technologically mutated women. View selected images from the series below.

Phantom Limb, Reach - 1986

Phantom Limb, Shutter, 1987, b/w photograph

Phantom Limb, Reach - 1986

Phantom Limb, Tubal Invasion, 1987, b/w photograph

Phantom Limb, Reach - 1986

Phantom Limb, Reach, 1986, b/w photograph, 101.6 x 76.2 cm

Phantom Limb, Seduction - 1985

Phantom Limb, Seduction, 1985, b/w photograph, 56 x 76 cm