ENTRY DESCRIPTION
There are many reasons why a person might want to hide their face, and in principle everyone is free to do so.
Unfortunately, however, many women around the world are still forced to hide their faces.

This portrait, entitled ‘Concealed’, is part of a long-term project in which I am exploring and questioning the concept of female concealment.

A whole universe of emotions that we can normally read from human facial expressions remains hidden, and as a photographer I am also faced with the question:
How can I make a portrait at all?
That's what this project is about.

The model does not wear a head covering that could be clearly culturally or religiously categorised, so as not to offend any feelings and yet critically draw attention to this compulsion.

AUTHOR
Lennard Grohn is a German photographic artist based in Frankfurt am Main.

He studied photography at the University of Fine Arts in Mainz, where his approach to light, drawing and composition was shaped. Working primarily in black and white, he develops long-term series that explore memory, intimacy and quiet transformation through a reduced, minimalist visual language.

His work moves between presence and absence, silence and emotional intensity, ranging from intimate portraits to poetic landscapes.
Alongside photography, he has a background in music as a drummer and percussionist, which informs his sense of rhythm and restraint.

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