{"id":1450,"date":"2025-09-05T19:47:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/reframingphotography\/content\/resources\/artists\/freja-mitchell\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T08:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:54:51","slug":"freja-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/reframingphotography\/resources\/artists\/freja-mitchell\/","title":{"rendered":"Freja Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freja Mitchell\u2019s website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/frejamitchell.com\/home.html\">http:\/\/frejamitchell.com\/home.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freja Mitchell, from the series<em>&nbsp;Intersection<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Intersection&nbsp;<em>is an installation of four eighteen feet long digital prints that comprise nearly two hundred images of people in their cars waiting for the traffic light to turn. To make the work, I stand on the traffic median during rush hour, pointing my camera into people&#8217;s cars without their permission. Within the safety of their cars, people believe themselves to be in private compartments, when they are in a public space &#8230;<\/em>&nbsp;(from the artist&#8217;s website)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/Mitchell_image_1.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"545\"><br><strong>Freja Mitchell<\/strong>,<em>&nbsp;Intersection<\/em>, 2011. Four archival inkjet prints, each 3.5 x 18 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/Mitchell_image_2.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"369\"><br><strong>Freja Mitchell<\/strong>,<em>&nbsp;Intersection<\/em>, 2011. Installation photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/Mitchell_image_3.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"404\"><br><strong>Freja Mitchell<\/strong>, detail of&nbsp;<em>Intersection<\/em>, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freja Mitchell, from the series<em>&nbsp;strangers staring<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I asked strangers to look each other in the eye and to hold the gaze for as long as thirty minutes while I photographed them and their surrounding environment. The process showed me a range of ways that people protect themselves through body language and facial expressions&#8230;.<\/em>&nbsp;(from the artist&#8217;s website)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/Mitchell_image_4.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"259\"><br><strong>Freja Mitchell<\/strong>,<em>&nbsp;Strangers Staring, 4th Avenue and 9th Street<\/em>, 2009. Archival inkjet print, 12&#8243; x 26&#8243;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.routledge.com\/reframingphotography\/files\/user\/MItchell_image_5.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"268\"><br><strong>Freja Mitchell<\/strong>,<em>&nbsp;Strangers Staring, Smith&#8217;s Grocery<\/em>, 2010. Archival inkjet print, 13&#8243; x 26&#8243;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freja Mitchell\u2019s website http:\/\/frejamitchell.com\/home.html Freja Mitchell, from the series&nbsp;Intersection Intersection&nbsp;is an installation of four eighteen feet long digital prints that comprise nearly two hundred images of people in their cars waiting for the traffic light to turn. 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