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March 31, 2005
Shiseido La Beauté Studio presents
by Kenny Campbell

Onna, Woman Behold …
By Mika Mizutani
3-5 Boulevard Malesherbes
75008 Paris
1st April – 25 June 2005

After Otoko, an exhibition of her work revolving around beauty and fragility in men, Mika Mizutani then began to think about doing portraits of women. One question soon came to mind while gazing at herself in a mirror: What are women really like when, removed from criteria imposed by fashion and magazines, they surrender to their hopes, frustrations and dreams? What can we tell by their attitudes, their expressions, the marks left by time?
In each shot, Mika Mizutani portrays something different: a burst of happiness, doubt, a smile verging on tears of joy, the desire to please, the will to succeed using whatever it takes, a fleeting temptation to abandon an impossible quest.