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Dancing with Ché: Enter Through The Gift Shop

While visiting Cuba, Astman was drawn to the emblematic design of novelty items that had been emblazoned with the face of Ché Guevara, a Cuban revolutionary leader prevalent during the 1950s. Astman found herself interested in the proliferation of... More

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Artwork Collection

I as artifact

I as artifact is a collection of arresting, face-like constructions isolated by a dense void of deep black. Bearing no specific markers revealing gender, race, or age, the features are intimated by the negative space encased by patterned skin... More

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Barbara Astman aka. Barb

Photographer

“"...echoes across more than a century of technological innovation and evolution of the medium"."Audacious, humorous, improbable." "Intimate, personal, and quietly enthralling."”