ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Mysterious and impenetrable, masks are at once disturbingly inexpressive and powerfully evocative. Masks have been used in fashion, in the performing arts, in ceremonies to conjure and communicate with spirits, in rites of passage rituals, in celebrations allowing the mask wearer to free himself from social constraints… I immersed myself in their making to elaborate a series of images titled "Unmasked".

AUTHOR
Emmanuelle Becker is an artist-photographer living in Paris. She studied photography and printmaking at the George Washington University in Washington, DC., graduating with honors and pursued a Masters degree in painting at Pratt Institute in NYC. She has exhibited her work in Europe, Western Asia and the United States and is the recipient of multiple awards and distinctions. Her work has appeared in several international photography publications.

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