"Bodies of Work", an exhibition at the Harvey Milk Photo Center
featuring works by KatinKa Herbert, will be on display at Harvey Milk Photo Center from March 2, 2024 -April 20, 2024 and will be free and open to the public.
This exhibition explores the commodification of athletic bodies. Bringing two
projects into dialogue, KatinKa Herbert delves into the lives of Mexican wrestlers and Cuban athletes. In doing so, her images capture the dilemma of physical performance: a tense relationship between economic necessity and the human form.
While some athletes experience their bodies as vehicles of financial stability and international travel, many grapple with unpredictable incomes, visa barriers, and the looming threat of career-ending injuries. As such, ‘Bodies of Work’ is a study of precarious labor. Here, lives that are ordinarily defined by movement are frozen in the photographic frame. Their muscles resonate with tension and potential; their poses strain under personal and political weight.