Publisher/Kehrer

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"The Gatekeeper" is a collection of works by Norwegian photographer Lene Marie Fossen (1986–2019). At the age of 10, Fossen stopped eating because she didn't want to grow up, and thereafter struggled with anorexia nervosa for a long time. She chose photography as a means of self-expression, creating self-portraits that looked at her own body and inner world. The emaciated body depicted in these photographs is not merely a symptom of the illness, but reflects resistance to the passage of time, fear of growing up, and a mind wavering between life and approaching death. The photographs, brutally frank yet imbued with a quiet nobility through light and composition, confront the viewer with both pain and beauty. Published in memory of her, who passed away on October 22, 2019, at the age of 33, this book conveys the work of a talented artist while simultaneously emphasizing that anorexia nervosa is a serious, life-threatening illness, without glorifying it or trivializing it as a matter of willpower. This book is essential for respectfully appreciating the challenging path of expression that Fossen chose.