Hey, Hot Shot! Entries: Paula Rebsom
Howling Coyote by Paula Rebsom
To tease the anticipation, this weekend I owe and will give you daily-double submission spotlights. Be sure to schedule us in for your lunch hour on Monday, the winners for the winter edition of Hey, Hot Shot! will be announced at 12PM sharp. Oh the how the excitement mounts.
Aspiring Hot Shot Paula Rebsom is interested in the hunt, more specifically in the sexualized nature of hunting. Growing up in North Dakota, she spent her childhood hunting with her father, even winning prizes for marksmanship. Today her work battles the contradictions she ran into as she grew older, as outsider perspectives forced her to confront the many ethical issues surrounding her sport and questioned a female in a predominately male game. A performance artist and a sculptor before a photographer, Paula’s creations are documented in bizarre and moody photographs. In her words:
In my work I explore paradoxes of identity, including human/animal; male/female; hunter/hunted; and predator/prey relationships. I sew costumes and props for myself and then find ways to insert myself into every day scenes.
Keep it up Paula!
