Melissa Ann Pinney

Female identity is the subject of my life’s work. Not exclusively of course—I’ve photographed many different things in my career—but no matter the subject, I’ve always made work with a feminist eye. To me that means acknowledging the subjects that we don't value or honor, or that are considered taboo in patriarchal culture. Pregnancy in the workplace has been one of those subjects. That’s precisely why it is important to take a close look at it.

So when I set out to photograph Eva for Showing, a social worker working at Northwestern—I photographed her on her way to work, both standing on the ‘L’ platform, and on the train itself—the assignment felt like a continuation of my own work.

Melissa is an American photographer based in Evanston, IL.