The Desublimation of Romance
Connie Hatch’s photographs largely focus on catching male voyeurism. They work to highlight the gendered construction of pleasure in looking. Hatch wants her position as a woman recording this sexualized phenomenon to be noted by viewers. The gaze of her subjects is often the focal point of these works, and we see how much emotion and feeling can be conveyed with a gaze. In the text panels, Hatch discusses the differences between the visual and its interaction with gender, as well as the inherent power of being a voyeur.