{"id":2034397,"date":"2026-07-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034397"},"modified":"2026-07-09T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:00:00","slug":"collier-schorr-everybodys-identity-is-questioned-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034397","title":{"rendered":"Collier Schorr: \u2018Everybody\u2019s identity is questioned now\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/846\/0-324-846-564\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449465.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/art-photography\/article\/70614\/1\/collier-schorr-dazed-summer-issue-2026-action-photography-artist\" data-article-id=\"70614\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-portrait-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"1272\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/846\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449465.jpg\" width=\"846\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Collier Schorr<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"09 July 2026\"><span class=\"month\">July<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"9\">9,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - art-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\">Art &amp; Photography<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-summer-2026-issue\">The Summer 2026 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\">Art &amp; Photography<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/the-summer-2026-issue\">The Summer 2026 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Collier Schorr: \u2018Everybody\u2019s identity is <span class=\"nowrap\">questioned now\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>In turning a Chantal Akerman film into a ballet, camera-shy Collier Schorr stepped in front of the lens for the first time \u2013 here, the acclaimed artist talks freedom, fantasy and fucking around <span class=\"nowrap\">with identity<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"09 July 2026\"><span class=\"month\">July<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"9\">9,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"09 July 2026\"><span class=\"month\">July<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"9\">9,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/EmilyDinsdale\"><br \/>\nEmily Dinsdale<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-21-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Collier Schorr, Writing a <span class=\"nowrap\">Letter (2026)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/0\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1038-692\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449451.jpg\" width=\"1038\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/1\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-415-1022-681\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449452.jpg\" width=\"1022\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/2\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1079-719\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449453.jpg\" width=\"1079\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/3\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1040-693\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449454.jpg\" width=\"1040\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/4\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1029-686\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449455.jpg\" width=\"1029\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/5\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1060-706\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449456.jpg\" width=\"1060\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 21 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><em>This story is taken from the summer 2026 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally now. Order a copy of the magazine<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/boutiquegalleria.com\/products\/dazed-1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/boutiquegalleria.com\/products\/dazed-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772900104119000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2nXgs6xfLxlaNtXXEmyBaR\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>Like many artists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/collier-schorr\">Collier Schorr<\/a> is less interested in treading old ground than she is in discussing new work and new ideas. She\u2019s understandably wary of being asked the same tired questions she\u2019s answered hundreds of times before. \u201cThe philosophy of Collier is not unfamiliar,\u201d she says from her native New York City, where she now largely resides after spending time in Germany. I promise her we can skip any questions she\u2019s bored by, and she agrees to \u201cgive it a whirl\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For more than four decades now, Schorr has rigorously examined concepts of identity, representation and adolescence through an iconoclastic and ambiguous lens. While she is something of a polymath, writing and drawing as well as working with collage, video installation and, more recently, dance, she remains best known for her photography work, which often blends documentary style with fictional staging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As an artist, her manifesto is founded on a spirit of rebelliousness, and a desire to take that rebellion to a bigger, broader audience than her own circle. From her fashion photography and celebrity portraiture to her stripped-back portraits of American youth, you\u2019ll recognise Schorr\u2019s work, even if you don\u2019t know who\u2019s behind it. Aside from her string of celebrated solo exhibitions (most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/article\/69805\/1\/collier-schorr-problems-and-other-stories-photographer-paris-interview\"><em>Problems and Other Stories<\/em><\/a> at Modern Art in Paris), you can <\/span><span>expect to encounter her images in the world\u2019s major art institutions, campaigns for Balenciaga, Dior, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent and Versace, as well as covers for the world\u2019s <\/span><span>leading fashion and culture magazines (including memorable Dazed <\/span><span>moments with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/sky-ferreira\">Sky Ferreira<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/finn-wolhard\">Finn Wolfhard<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Feeling the desire to dance, but resisting it her whole life (\u201cbecause it brought up a lot of <\/span><span>wistfulness about wanting to be free and not feeling free\u201d), she finally succumbed six years ago. Since then, she\u2019s been developing a ballet in which she herself dances, inspired by Chantal Akerman\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Je Tu Il Elle<\/span><\/em><span>, working with dancers to interpret scenes from the film and explore its themes of sex, shame and power. Her upcoming book, <em>Writing A Letter<\/em>, presents stills from the video recordings of dance sequences (\u201clike a flipbook!\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, the artist reveals how dancing has transformed her relationship with her body, \u201cfucking around with representation\u201d, the perils of being queer in the US right now, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"a1e2683d-5615-4797-b5b9-b4810101259d\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/866\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449466.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.68\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"1273\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449466.jpg\" width=\"866\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">A Boy\u2019s Ass in My Leather Jacket <span class=\"nowrap\">(Milo), 2025.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Collier Schorr<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>\u201cI was obsessed with fashion photography as a kid, but never thought about being a photographer. And so when I finally came to [photography], it was like, \u2018How can I be reunified with what was awoken in me at an early age through images?\u2019 And then, \u2018What can I do to make it more real?\u2019 Because for me, it was a fantasy with so much promise, but I wanted to make a picture that someone like me at 14 could see and really believe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEverybody\u2019s identity is noticed or questioned or argued with now; it\u2019s always present in discussions. People who are 20 years old now came out to a world in which they were protected and encouraged. Suddenly, it\u2019s boomeranged back to this horrifying place. I was never in that horrifying place because I wasn\u2019t encouraged to be myself; it wasn\u2019t <\/span><span>supported. There\u2019s nothing worse, I think, than being given freedom and then having that freedom taken away. <\/span><span>There\u2019s been such progress, and then comes the realisation that progress is not continuous. For a Black person, America may have always been terrifying, and it still is. Everybody comes at it through their own sense of freedom and fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBarbara Kruger once said, \u2018You have to be inside [the system] to make a change.\u2019 That made a huge impression on me, because to be rebellious in a rebellious space is very energising, but it doesn\u2019t have a lot of reach. There\u2019s always a new, bigger audience to show that rebellion to.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cTo be rebellious in a rebellious space is very energising, but it doesn\u2019t have a lot of reach. There\u2019s always a new, bigger audience to show that rebellion to\u201d \u2013 Collier Schorr<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve been working on a ballet \u2013\u00a0an adaptation of a Chantal Akerman film [<\/span><em><span>Je Tu Il Elle<\/span><\/em><span>] for six years, starting from not really knowing what I\u2019m doing and not knowing how to dance, but knowing that I wanted to do it. I engaged dancers to dance scenes from the film with me. I don\u2019t have a dance company; I\u2019ve got this troupe of collaborators who move in and out of the work. It\u2019s recorded on video cameras and phones on tripods, no real camera person, which was the solution to not wanting somebody else to have eyes on it, and not wanting to make overly aesthetic, visual decisions. So if there\u2019s a crop, it\u2019s because someone\u2019s walked out of the frame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m a person who can\u2019t look in the mirror if someone [else] is looking. I can\u2019t tell you why; it\u2019s just a psychological block, but I think it made me well-suited to photography. At some point, I started to feel there was something new I could do if I was in [the work]. The art part of <\/span><span>photography has always been connected to the nude. It\u2019s almost like the nude is fine art because all other photography is either family pictures or adverts, and you can\u2019t have nudes in either of those categories. I was following Chantal\u2019s movements; she gets naked, so I did too, on my own in the studio. And I realised, \u2018Oh, I can look at myself now, because I have so much distance from that figure in the dance piece.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn my ballet there is violence, seduction, fear, grief. And there was something about printing the stills [of the dance] and pasting them into a book that was like confessing, in the same way that I think Chantal\u2019s film is a jump into the thrill of confessing; the thrill of unveiling yourself. As a queer person, I\u2019ve gone through life without certain privileges. But one <\/span><span>privilege I do have is that I can fuck around with representation, because I\u2019m invested in changing the game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-21-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Collier Schorr, Writing a <span class=\"nowrap\">Letter (2026)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/0\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1038-692\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449451.jpg\" width=\"1038\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/1\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-415-1022-681\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449452.jpg\" width=\"1022\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/2\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1079-719\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449453.jpg\" width=\"1079\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/3\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1040-693\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449454.jpg\" width=\"1040\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/4\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1029-686\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449455.jpg\" width=\"1029\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/37227\/5\/collier-schorr-writing-a-letter-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-1060-706\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449456.jpg\" width=\"1060\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 21 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><em>This story is taken from the summer 2026 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally now. Order a copy of the magazine<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/boutiquegalleria.com\/products\/dazed-1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/boutiquegalleria.com\/products\/dazed-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772900104119000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2nXgs6xfLxlaNtXXEmyBaR\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>Like many artists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/collier-schorr\">Collier Schorr<\/a> is less interested in treading old ground than she is in discussing new work and new ideas. She\u2019s understandably wary of being asked the same tired questions she\u2019s answered hundreds of times before. \u201cThe philosophy of Collier is not unfamiliar,\u201d she says from her native New York City, where she now largely resides after spending time in Germany. I promise her we can skip any questions she\u2019s bored by, and she agrees to \u201cgive it a whirl\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For more than four decades now, Schorr has rigorously examined concepts of identity, representation and adolescence through an iconoclastic and ambiguous lens. While she is something of a polymath, writing and drawing as well as working with collage, video installation and, more recently, dance, she remains best known for her photography work, which often blends documentary style with fictional staging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As an artist, her manifesto is founded on a spirit of rebelliousness, and a desire to take that rebellion to a bigger, broader audience than her own circle. From her fashion photography and celebrity portraiture to her stripped-back portraits of American youth, you\u2019ll recognise Schorr\u2019s work, even if you don\u2019t know who\u2019s behind it. Aside from her string of celebrated solo exhibitions (most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/article\/69805\/1\/collier-schorr-problems-and-other-stories-photographer-paris-interview\"><em>Problems and Other Stories<\/em><\/a> at Modern Art in Paris), you can <\/span><span>expect to encounter her images in the world\u2019s major art institutions, campaigns for Balenciaga, Dior, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent and Versace, as well as covers for the world\u2019s <\/span><span>leading fashion and culture magazines (including memorable Dazed <\/span><span>moments with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/sky-ferreira\">Sky Ferreira<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/finn-wolhard\">Finn Wolfhard<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Feeling the desire to dance, but resisting it her whole life (\u201cbecause it brought up a lot of <\/span><span>wistfulness about wanting to be free and not feeling free\u201d), she finally succumbed six years ago. Since then, she\u2019s been developing a ballet in which she herself dances, inspired by Chantal Akerman\u2019s <\/span><em><span>Je Tu Il Elle<\/span><\/em><span>, working with dancers to interpret scenes from the film and explore its themes of sex, shame and power. Her upcoming book, <em>Writing A Letter<\/em>, presents stills from the video recordings of dance sequences (\u201clike a flipbook!\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, the artist reveals how dancing has transformed her relationship with her body, \u201cfucking around with representation\u201d, the perils of being queer in the US right now, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"a1e2683d-5615-4797-b5b9-b4810101259d\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/866\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449466.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.68\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collier Schorr, Writing a Letter (2026)\" class=\"img\" height=\"1273\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449466.jpg\" width=\"866\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">A Boy\u2019s Ass in My Leather Jacket <span class=\"nowrap\">(Milo), 2025.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Collier Schorr<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>\u201cI was obsessed with fashion photography as a kid, but never thought about being a photographer. And so when I finally came to [photography], it was like, \u2018How can I be reunified with what was awoken in me at an early age through images?\u2019 And then, \u2018What can I do to make it more real?\u2019 Because for me, it was a fantasy with so much promise, but I wanted to make a picture that someone like me at 14 could see and really believe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEverybody\u2019s identity is noticed or questioned or argued with now; it\u2019s always present in discussions. People who are 20 years old now came out to a world in which they were protected and encouraged. Suddenly, it\u2019s boomeranged back to this horrifying place. I was never in that horrifying place because I wasn\u2019t encouraged to be myself; it wasn\u2019t <\/span><span>supported. There\u2019s nothing worse, I think, than being given freedom and then having that freedom taken away. <\/span><span>There\u2019s been such progress, and then comes the realisation that progress is not continuous. For a Black person, America may have always been terrifying, and it still is. Everybody comes at it through their own sense of freedom and fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBarbara Kruger once said, \u2018You have to be inside [the system] to make a change.\u2019 That made a huge impression on me, because to be rebellious in a rebellious space is very energising, but it doesn\u2019t have a lot of reach. There\u2019s always a new, bigger audience to show that rebellion to.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cTo be rebellious in a rebellious space is very energising, but it doesn\u2019t have a lot of reach. There\u2019s always a new, bigger audience to show that rebellion to\u201d \u2013 Collier Schorr<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve been working on a ballet \u2013\u00a0an adaptation of a Chantal Akerman film [<\/span><em><span>Je Tu Il Elle<\/span><\/em><span>] for six years, starting from not really knowing what I\u2019m doing and not knowing how to dance, but knowing that I wanted to do it. I engaged dancers to dance scenes from the film with me. I don\u2019t have a dance company; I\u2019ve got this troupe of collaborators who move in and out of the work. It\u2019s recorded on video cameras and phones on tripods, no real camera person, which was the solution to not wanting somebody else to have eyes on it, and not wanting to make overly aesthetic, visual decisions. So if there\u2019s a crop, it\u2019s because someone\u2019s walked out of the frame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m a person who can\u2019t look in the mirror if someone [else] is looking. I can\u2019t tell you why; it\u2019s just a psychological block, but I think it made me well-suited to photography. At some point, I started to feel there was something new I could do if I was in [the work]. The art part of <\/span><span>photography has always been connected to the nude. It\u2019s almost like the nude is fine art because all other photography is either family pictures or adverts, and you can\u2019t have nudes in either of those categories. I was following Chantal\u2019s movements; she gets naked, so I did too, on my own in the studio. And I realised, \u2018Oh, I can look at myself now, because I have so much distance from that figure in the dance piece.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn my ballet there is violence, seduction, fear, grief. And there was something about printing the stills [of the dance] and pasting them into a book that was like confessing, in the same way that I think Chantal\u2019s film is a jump into the thrill of confessing; the thrill of unveiling yourself. As a queer person, I\u2019ve gone through life without certain privileges. But one <\/span><span>privilege I do have is that I can fuck around with representation, because I\u2019m invested in changing the game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\/article\/70614\/1\/collier-schorr-dazed-summer-issue-2026-action-photography-artist&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/846\/0-324-846-564\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/9\/1449465.jpg&#8221;] Courtesy of Collier Schorr July\u00a0 9,\u00a0 2026 Art &amp; Photography \/ The Summer 2026 Issue Art &amp; Photography \/ The Summer 2026 Issue Collier Schorr: \u2018Everybody\u2019s identity is questioned now\u2019 In turning a Chantal Akerman film into a ballet, camera-shy Collier Schorr stepped in front of the lens for the first time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,76],"class_list":["post-2034397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-dazeddigital-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2034397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2034397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2034397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2034397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}