Nancy Honey’s photographs capture what it feels like to be a girl

As a retrospective exhibition of her work draws to a close, we speak to the cult photographer about the female body as a commodity, capturing the transition from childhood to adulthood, and why joy is a serious business

Nancy Honey’s photographs capture what it feels like to be a girl
Nancy Honey

“Right from the very beginning, I wanted to examine how it feels, to explain what it is to be a woman,” says Nancy Honey. As a recent exhibition of her works at London bookshops Claire de Rouen’s new Shoreditch space comes to an end, it’s a fitting time for the American-born, London-based artist to look back on her career. “I’m 78 years old now, whichhellip;

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