Teen tights, 2016 

 

I took this picture of Alejandra one summer afternoon in Zorrozaurre. A postindustrial pseudo island, a place, then, with many possibilities and few interruptions. At the time I was photographing a lot in the cityscapes of Bilbao, as part of a series of works that I would enclose in the project Behind blue eyes//Tell me how close we are to a riot.

 

I wanted to photograph Alejandra wearing these tights that I had cut. As a teenager I would wear them and use them as sleeves, but for the image I had added the cuts in the nipple area. I remember Alejandra saying something about never seeing tights used like that and Ana (another friend I was also photographing) and I thinking how strange it was for us that this was news to her. Maybe it was a Basque fashion thing? I took a formal portrait of Alejandra wearing the tights, seating, in profile with her neckline long like a swans’. I don´t know how we got into making this image of her but I love that she has her eyes closed, probably due to the glare of the Sun, so strong in Bilbao’s cloudy skies. 

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Teen tights is a collaboration between artists Pink Parma and Helena Goñi.

 

Screenprinted cotton tshirts in an edition of 55.

Screenprinted archival paper, 14×17 inches,  in an edition of 55

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Pink Parma is a Brooklyn based independent t-shirt brand created by the Basque artist Rosa Parma. She works with slogans, repetition, and color combinations to share her messages and drawings.

Me Gusta Todo, Copio Todo, and Siento Todo (“I Like Everything”, “I Copy Everything”, “I Feel Everything”) are messages that, through images, appeal/refer to creativity, consumerism, human frailty, and the complexity of our emotions.All garments are hand screen printed by the artist at her studio in Brooklyn, NY.

https://www.instagram.com/pinkparma/