fe/male: Trish Morrissey

In her series WWM Trish Morrissey (born 1967 in Dublin, living in London) portrays women of different age, colour and social background in a classical way of close-ups, but something in their appearance is disturbing: they all have a moustache.
This fact is even more irritating as all the women are styled in a typical feminin way with long hair and make-up.

These portraits show that womenliness is a sort of adaption to norms that define femininity as the opposite of masculinity: Men have beards so women are not allowed to. The photographs of Trish Morrissey make aware that beards are a natural element of the appearance of women and no abnormal phenomenon.


		Trish Morrissey In her series WWM Trish Morrissey (born 1967 in Dublin, living in London) portrays women of different age, colour and social background in a classical way of close-ups, but something in their appearance is disturbing: they all have a moustache. This fact is even more irritating as all the women are styled in a typical feminin way with long hair and make-up. These portraits show that womenliness is a sort of adaption to norms that define femininity as the opposite of masculinity: Men have beards so women are not allowed to. The photographs of Trish Morrissey make aware that beards are a natural element of the appearance of women and no abnormal phenomenon.