Fine art black-and-white portrait of a woman wearing a leather muzzle mask and collar, intense eyes and moody light — by Menno van der Meulen.

Muzzled Gaze (2022)

Shot in the decaying remains of a former Russian military site in Vogelsang, near Berlin, “Muzzled Gaze” confronts the politics of silence and control. The portrait is both intimate and defiant: the restrained body meets an unwavering stare. The harness and rope become language — a negotiation between consent, containment, trust, and exposure. What looks at first like captivity also reads as a claimed position of power.

Berlin / Vogelsang — Former Russian military base
Archival pigment print on fine art paper
© Menno van der Meulen 2025 – All Rights Reserved

Muzzled Gaze
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