What are exhibition and voyeurism

Exhibitionism is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context those parts of one's body that are not normally exposed — for example, the breasts , genitals or buttocks. The practice may arise from a desire or compulsion to expose themselves in such a manner to groups of friends or acquaintances, or to strangers for their amusement or sexual satisfaction or to shock the bystander. In law, the act of exhibitionism may be called indecent exposure , "exposing one's person", or other expressions. Public exhibitionism by women has been recorded since classical times, often in the context of women shaming groups of men into committing, or inciting them to commit, some public action. Herodotus writes that:.

His neighbors include a composer, a mature couple with a little dog, and a salesman that Jeffries suspects may have murdered his wife. Exhibition curator Susanna Greeves drew inspiration from L. Ellen Altfest turns her gaze to anonymous male subjects, paying meticulous attention to each hair, each vein, each variation in skin tone. Celia Hempton, on the other hand, paints unknown men she encounters on the social networking website Chatrandom.

See a slideshow of works in the exhibition. Subtitled Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera, the show raises unanswerable questions about the ethics of taking illicit or covert photographs. Nothing about the subject is uncomplicated. Even as the show grants the visitor permission to pore over photos that violate the privacy of others, security cameras are filming our every move, making us aware of how much power the camera holds over those it is watching. For concealment of our bodies, thoughts or feelings is inseparable from our sense of identity.

If lockdown was a movie, it would almost certainly be "Rear Window. Now, the White Cube gallery presents an online exhibition exploring voyeurism, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic film. In "Rear Window," the photojournalist L. B Jeffries James Stewart starts spying on his neighbors when holed up in his apartment after an accident leaves him wheelchair-bound.