NEW YORK ISSUE 118 Jun 2008

Known for producing sexually charged photographs, Andrea Blanch's most recent series 'Shirts' takes an unexpected and certainly refreshing approach to capturing sexual intimacy.

The concept, which was to take photographs of a man who changes shirts with every sexual partner, was changed when the female models approached declined to appear nude. To solve the problem, the roles were reversed: with the men now placed as the objects of desire, Blanch was able to create provocative imagery without being altogether sexually explicit.

Generally thought of as "the woman who knows how to photograph women", Blanch has proven with this series that her talents extend far beyond the gender gap.