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DECONSTRUCTING HEGEMONIC GAZE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 563 - 577
https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1614822

Abstract

While the attribution of different meanings to the male image in visual culture involves interventions in forms of representation, it can lead to the objectification of subjects and the reinforcement of stereotypical social roles. With the notions imposed by masculine constructs, society, and today's social media, it is observed that there is a hierarchy of binary gender structuring, power imbalances are frequently encountered, and an attitude that restricts the shaping of representations. This attitude, which can be defined as the hegemonic gaze, refers to the historical and cultural tendency to shape visual narratives in a way that controls the representation of the subject in the complex relationship between photography and representation. Deconstructing the hegemonic gaze in photography emphasizes subverting traditional representations and narratives, focusing on subject empowerment, and questioning prevailing social expectations. Using photography as a strategic language, artists contribute to a more inclusive and emancipatory visual culture by subverting normative constructions and promoting a photographic gaze that reveals the complexity and diversity of masculinity. In this context, the study discusses how the constructions designed within the framework of the gaze on the photographic field are represented, their role in the construction of gender perception, and their effects in the context of the works of artists who set examples of how traditional power dynamics are defeated. As a result of the study, the relationship between photography and the context of artists and their works, which question the hegemonic gaze, and point to rethinking, will be revealed.

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FOTOĞRAFTA HEGEMONİK BAKIŞIN YAPISÖKÜMÜ

Year 2025, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 563 - 577
https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1614822

Abstract

Görsel kültürde erkek imgesine farklı anlamların yüklenmesi, temsil biçimlerine müdahaleler içerirken, geleneksel olarak öznelerin nesneleştirilmesine, basmakalıp toplumsal rollerin pekiştirilmesine sebebiyet verebilmektedir. İktidar kurgularının, toplumun ve günümüzde sosyal medyanın dayattığı mefhumlar ile ikili cinsiyet yapılanması hiyerarşisine, güç dengesizliklerine sıkça rastlandığı ve temsillerin şekillenişinin kısıtlandığı bir tutumun olduğu gözlenmektedir. Hegemonik bakış olarak tanımlanabilecek bu tutum, fotoğraf ve temsil arasındaki karmaşık ilişkide görsel anlatıların öznenin temsilini kontrol edecek biçimde şekillendirilmesine yönelik tarihsel ve kültürel eğilimi ifade etmektedir. Fotoğrafta hegemonik bakışın yapısökümü, geleneksel temsili ve anlatıları yıkmayı, özneleri güçlendirici yaklaşımlara odaklanmayı ve süregelen toplumsal beklentilerin sorgulanmasını vurgulamaktadır. Fotoğrafı stratejik bir dil olarak kullanan sanatçılar, normatif yapılanmayı altüst ederek, erkekliğin karmaşıklığını ve çeşitliliğini gözler önüne seren bir fotografik bakışı teşvik ederek daha kapsayıcı ve özgürleştirici bir görsel kültüre katkıda bulunmaktalardır. Bu bağlamda çalışma, fotografik düzlemdeki bakış çerçevesinde tasarlanan kurgulamaların nasıl temsil edildiğine, cinsiyet algısı inşasındaki rolüne, geleneksel güç dinamiklerinin nasıl bozguna uğratıldığına dair örnekler oluşturan sanatçıların eserleri bağlamındaki etkilerini tartışmaya açmaktadır. Çalışmanın sonucunda hegemonik bakışı sorgulayan ve yeniden düşünmeyi işaret eden sanatçılar ve eserlerinin bağlamının fotoğraf ile ilişkisi ortaya konulmuş olacaktır.

References

  • Barbican. (2023, 18 December). Exhibition Masculinities: Liberation through Photography, https://sites.barbican.org.uk/masculinitiesguide/
  • Bourdieu, P. (2015). Eril Tahakküm. Çev. Bediz Yılmaz, Bağlam Yayınları.
  • Bunyan, M. (2023, 21 December). Exhibition: “Among Others: Photography and the Group” at The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, https://artblart.com/tag/peter-hujar/
  • Connell, R. W. (2016). Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve İktidar. Çev. Cem Soydemir, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
  • Fine, C. (2011). Toplumsal Cinsiyet Yanılsaması. Çev. Kıvanç Tanrıyar, Sel Yayıncılık.
  • Furuya, A. (2023, 14 November). Self-Portrait Photography as a Tool for Self-Validation and Self- Discovery, https://asianamericansexualitiess18.wordpress.com/2018/06/08/self-portrait-photography-as-a-tool-for-self-validation-and-self-discovery/
  • Gan, C J. (2023, 10 December). The Colllege Hill Independent, The Presence of Ren Hang, https://www.theindy.org/2141
  • Gardner, A. (2023, 11 December). Sleek Photography, It’s time to stop seeing Ren Hang’s work through a Western gazehttps://www.sleek-mag.com/article/ren-hang-western-perspective/
  • Hales, (2023, 22 December). Hales Gallery, https://halesgallery.com/exhibitions/215-sunil-gupta-the- new-pre-raphaelites/
  • Hall, S. (2005). Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies. Ed. David Morley & Kuan-Hsing Chen, New Ethnicities, Routledge.
  • Hall, S. (2017). Temsil Kültürel Temsiller ve Anlamlandırma Uygulamaları. Çev. İdil Dündar, Pinhan Yayıncılık.
  • Lubow, A. (2023, 15 December). Wolfgang Tillmans’ Ways of Seeing, https://www.wmagazine.com/life/wolfgang-tillmans-photography-moma-retrospective
  • Moser, W. & Schröder, K. A. (2012). Körper Als Protest. Hatje Cantz Verlag.
  • Rexer, L. (2023, 20 December). Peter Hujar, Aperture, https://issues.aperture.org/article/2006/2/2/peter-hujar
  • Sales, L. (2023, 14 November). I’m Only Here To Leave, https://www.lensculture.com/articles/tommy-kha-i-m-only-here-to-leave
  • Singh, R. (2023, 22 December). Sunil Gupta, The New Pre-raphaelites, https://www.sunilgupta.net/the-new-pre-raphaelites.html
  • Soulages, F. (2022). Fotoğrafın Estetiği. Çev. Deniz Eyüce Şansal, Espas Yayınları.
  • Stone, B. (2023, 14 November). Photographer Tommy Kha’s Self-Portraits Explore His Queer Asian Identity, https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/tommy-kha-photography-230817
  • Wang, X. (2023, 12 December). Aperture, The Possibility of Home, https://aperture.org/editorial/the- possibility-of-home/
  • Zairong, X. (2023, 11 December). How to Unhear and Unsee: Reflections on Ren Hang’s Photography, https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/how-to-unhear-and-unsee-reflections-on-ren-hang-s-photography/
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Primary Language English
Subjects Photography, Video and Lens-Based Practice
Journal Section REVIEW ARTICLES
Authors

Mert Çağıl Türkay 0000-0002-1133-8029

Early Pub Date March 19, 2025
Publication Date
Submission Date January 7, 2025
Acceptance Date March 16, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 15 Issue: 2

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APA Türkay, M. Ç. (2025). DECONSTRUCTING HEGEMONIC GAZE IN PHOTOGRAPHY. Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, 15(2), 563-577. https://doi.org/10.7456/tojdac.1614822


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