Untitled – Photograph 4

Series nameFragments of Self Series
Description

The ‘Fragments of Self Series’ consists of images of a doll which have been photographed from different angles. The small red doll is immersed in water with other objects such as photographs, jewellery and knives and reflects on the ‘fragmentation’of Samena Rana’s identity. In the fourth and final image of the series, only the body of the doll is visible.

Date of Creation / Publication1987-1988
CreatorRana, Samena
Associated Person/ Organisation
Location
Collection and Reference NumberSamena Rana (GB 2661 SR)
Catalogue NumberSR/FW/FS/4
CopyrightThe Creator and/ or associated person or organisation where applicable
Access to originalsThe originals are located at the Panchayat Archive, University of Westminster.
Series notesThe Fragments of Self Series was one of the earliest series Samena Rana composed. The technique of fragmenting images that became prevalent in her later compositions first appears in this series. The images are about negotiating one's own cultural identity within a new environment and were taken between 1987 and 1988.
Collection notesThe Samena Rana collection includes material from her main bodies of photographic work: the 'Flow of Water Series', the 'Arrangement Series', the 'Disability Series' and other biographical material. The digitised items include mainly colour and black and white photographs.
Dorney, Camille, 'Tribute to Samena Rana' in Third Text. No 20. Autumn 1992 (pp114)