No face

No Face is the third important publication by Uwe Kempen, following Voyeur and Intim. Kempen's new book bears witness to an increasingly abstract tendency in Kempen's work. This innovation is due to the use of a special film-capable of showing the finest graphic details-and to a new studio technique-giving the work it's technical perfection. Thematically, No Face does not, as the title might suggest, treat the female models as pure objects but offers many different interpretations and associations. Views of the skin, close-ups, piercings, tattoos, and other details, such as the pattern of fishnet stockings, suggest forms that are often floral (exemplified by the series "Flowers"). Through the experimental use of light and a direct focus on the motif, the pictures have a light and direct character.