This House is Not a Home

This House is Not a Home

Pinson, Audrey

This project reflects my frustration with the persistent struggle for women's empowerment in the U.S., highlighted by the recent socio-political climate. Despite progress, women remain excluded from permanent positions of power, with societal backlash reinforcing regressive ideas. This series transports us to the 1950s, a time when women were confined to roles as homemakers, where the home became both their domain and their prison. Through my photographs, I explore the metaphor of the home as the patriarchy—a structure that limits autonomy and reinforces objectification. The subject, a housewife, is depicted merging with her environment, her identity obscured and diminished by the very space that defines her. This space symbolizes her entrapment, as she becomes indistinguishable from the home itself, embodying the loss of agency and selfhood. By blending realism and abstraction, the series invites viewers to consider how societal constraints on women persist, transforming historical struggles into a contemporary call for change.

2025