Dafna Steinberg is a lens-based artist living and working in the Philadelphia area. Her work embodies themes such as grief, personal intimacy, and gender. She has degrees in photography from Hampshire College (BA) and Goldsmiths, University of London (MA) and an MFA in Socially Engaged Studio Art from Moore College of Art & Design. She also has a Certificate in Creative Practices (formerly General Studies) from the International Center of Photography. She currently teaches at Delaware County Community College. Steinberg has been an exhibiting artist for over 15 years with work shown at institutions such as the Knoxville Museum of Art, Grizzly Grizzly, LeMieux Galleries, Indianapolis Art Center, the Puffin Cultural Forum, and the International Center of Photography.
StatementThese self-portraits are from “With No Place to Go”, a photo series that explored my experiences following the two years after my father’s death. The project looked at how one doesn’t simply get over pervasive grief, but rather grows into and around it. How, through the lens of mourning, one starts to see death everywhere. Making this work was not just about the experience of losing my father. It also was about returning to intimacy and touch after a global pandemic.
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