Back of Who's Head? is the first publication by Dublin based visual artist Lucy Tevlin. This project began with the artist acquiring a photograph of the back of an actor's head on eBay. This image sparked an investigation into the possible identities of the subject. The artbook consists of documentation of that search, presenting screenshots of the back of various actor's heads from films, bringing into question the authorship of these images.
This publication explores themes of image circulation via the internet and the screenshot as a form of photography.
Lucy Tevlin is a visual artist based in Dublin. Her practice is defined by a conceptual approach to image-making. She uses image, text, film, and found materials to interrogate the spatial, mechanical, and historical properties of the photographic image. Her work explores concerns such as the materiality of the photographic apparatus and the dichotomies of truth versus fiction and public versus private.
Edition of 100
Printed by Way Bad Press
Dublin 2024