Jockey
2006
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
2006
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
A close-up photo shows only the upper body of a jockey, bent forward on a horse, wearing a bright yellow and red racing silks. The jockey’s face is out of frame, and the background is blurred. We see only motion, fabric, and tension in the arms. Suermondt crops the image tightly to remove the face and context, making the figure anonymous. This focuses attention on gesture and posture instead of identity. He often does this in his photos, using sports or group scenes to study how people move without showing who they are. The body becomes a symbol, not a portrait. Look next at the artist: Suermondt, Robert (1961).
