Susan Borowitz

Locked-In

\"Locked-In\", a reference to \"Locked In Syndrome\" explores the experience of being stuck in life, especially in mid-life, and the accompanying sensation of not being able to control the forces that seem to dictate one\'s existence. Using metaphor and imagery that suggests the inability to move on, the series evokes the absence of agency and the apparent senselessness of each waking day. The choice to use self-portraiture reflects not only a personal journey, but also a common experience of women who feel consciously aware of what they should pursue or speak up about, but feel powerless in the face of a dominant power: unequal relationships, demons residing in the subconscious, societal expectations, and especially the disappearance of relevancy with encroaching age.

Photographer

Susan Borowitz

After a successful career as a television writer and published author, Susan Borowitz picked up a camera for the first time in 2011, immediately feeling both transported by and at home with a new medium by which she could tell stories. Although a devotee of travel street photography, Susan primarily works on conceptual narrative series, often employing self-portraiture. Her images have been exhibited in New York, Greenwich CT, Berlin and Barcelona and are in private collections in New York, New Jersey and California.

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