Ladies’ Rooms Around the World is the first solo show of Maxi Cohen in Italy.
“Growing up, bathrooms were my favorite hiding place and the one sanctuary of solitude. I was sure I could win an award for being the person who at parties, escaped the most to the bathroom. I was always going. Lecturing myself into some courageous act, rehearsing how to be spontaneous, getting over an embarrassing moment, or just hiding from being visible. As I got older, whether on business meetings or hot dates, I retreated to the ladies room to think, make decisions, plan strategies. The images are in the same style as the first I photographed: the head-on postcard shot. Until 2012, I used 400 ASA colour slide film, with one camera after the other, as each got stolen or died. Rarely I went digital. Now it seems like that is all there is.”
– Maxi Cohen
