"Girl in Bath, London"

gelatin silver print (analogue)

signed, numbered (ink) on recto

Sheila Rock's photographic career began with assignments for the legendary British lifestyle and fashion magazine The Face. In the late 1970s, Sheila Rock's photographs of the famous punk bands The Clash and Generation X were published there, and she worked regularly for the magazine until the late 1980s. Rock enjoyed the artistic freedom that is expressed in her documentary photographs.
The work Girl in Bath, London is one of her iconic pieces. It shows a young girl in a bathtub and embodies a mixture of intimacy, vulnerability, and timeless elegance. The photograph is often associated with the New Wave look, an aesthetic that Sheila Rock significantly influenced through her work in the 1980s. The image is a symbol of the freedom and spontaneity of the London art scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Sheila Rock often captured the spirit of an era, and Girl in Bath, London is one of those works that captures both the mood and the aesthetics of that time.
(Christoph Fuchs, translated with DeepL)