Sophie Calle: Autobiographies

Pairing photographs and short personal texts, Calle’s unique form of autobiography can be seen as a form of performance. Forgoing a sense of nostalgia, the artist examines loss and absence, putting seemingly private events into the public eye.

A square framed text panel hanging over a framed photograph of the photographer's reflection in the surface of a headstone
A framed square text panel describing the process of purchasing a grave
A framed photograph of the photographer's reflection in the surface of a headstone
A square framed photograph of a woman in the ocean hanging over a framed text panel
A framed square black and white photograph of a woman in the ocean
A vertical framed text panel of diary entries
A small framed photograph of a woman in a graveyard hanging over a large framed text panel
A framed square photograph of a woman in a graveyard, behind a tombstone reading "Father," with her hair in front of her faace
A large, vertical framed text panel describing the last days of the artist's father
A square framed text panel hanging over a framed photograph of a sculpture of a woman lying on the ground
A square framed text panel describing a diary entry by the artist
A framed photograph of a sculpture of a woman lying on her side, turned 90 degrees clockwise

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Five black and white photographs of a figure sleeping in bed accompanied with hand written and typed text detailing the experience framed in black

Sophie Calle: The Sleepers
Black and white photograph of mustachioed man at ATM machine

Sophie Calle: Cash Machine
A framed photograph of the artist holding a child to her breast, inside a wooden box

Sophie Calle: Because