Photography by Swedish-based artist Lina Scheynius

Lina Scheynius captures. Huntress, she tames. Her urge to do so was born out of a need to reclaim her image. Modeling had expropriated it. From being a sought-after model, she decided, and has succeeded, to pass through to the other side of the mirror. Now it’s only a question of offering herself to herself. Today, to aim, hold and shoot are part of the photographer’s everyday life. Self-representation is a discipline. And of course the artist gives herself over even when she is not featuring herself. Her production requires her to be perpetually her own prey. She sees dying, and birthing. And living.