GRANDMA EVA
Simone Steenberg explores female energy, beauty and power through her subject, her grandma Eva.
“The Garden of Eva” series is a celebration of older years, channelling the photographer’s passions for performance art and fashion through a fun shoot that reveals her grandma’s nuanced personality.
Danish art and fashion photographer Simone Steenberg describes her approach to taking portraits as “conversational,” a mindset that invites intimacy, trust and sharing. “Like a sacred exchange,” she says. So far this has involved friends and models alike, but her series The Garden of Eva is especially personal, focusing on her 87-year-old grandmother.
Why?
This idea of conversational design and creating as a way of connecting and understanding is something I keep coming back to in my practice. It is also important to me to use design to talk about important issues, feminism and the female experience is a big priority of mine, so including female designers and female stories is essential.
MAPPING MATTERS, NELL WOOD, LBU 2025