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My Head on mom's Shoulder, from the "Natural Deceptions" series
My Head on mom's Shoulder, from the "Natural Deceptions" series
My Head on mom's Shoulder, from the "Natural Deceptions" series

My Head on mom's Shoulder, from the "Natural Deceptions" series

Maker Krick, Natalie American, b. 1986
Date2014
MediumDigital chromogenic development print
Dimensionsmat: 24 in x 20 in; paper: 20 in x 16 in
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2017:315
About the ArtistNatalie Krick’s photographs explore sexuality, aging, womanhood, and societal standards of beauty. In the series Natural Deceptions (2011–16), Krick uses her mother, grandparents, sister, and herself as models, mirroring poses and facial expressions that are seen in fashion magazines and advertisements. Yet her images appear far from commercial. At times her models’ bodies overlap with one another, and they sometimes contort in unexpected ways, making it difficult to determine where one body ends and another begins. The most common subject in the series, Krick’s mother, often appears in sensual poses, with her imperfections in plain sight—freckles, wrinkles, and varicose veins reminding us of the body’s ever-ticking clock and the inevitability of aging.

Krick completed her BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts, New York (2008) and her MFA in photography from Columbia College Chicago (2012). Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle (2019, 2017), the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver (2015), and Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography (2013), among many others. She was awarded the Aperture Portfolio Prize in 2017.
Mom wearing lipstick in bed, from the "Natural Deceptions" series
Mom wearing lipstick in bed, from the "Natural Deceptions" series
Krick, Natalie
2011
Spread, from the "Natural Deceptions" series
Spread, from the "Natural Deceptions" series
Krick, Natalie
2014
Positive Negative
Positive Negative
Krick, Natalie
2020
Negative Positive
Negative Positive
Krick, Natalie
2020
Suits
Suits
Kelli Connell and Natalie Krick
2022
She has such an expressionless face
She has such an expressionless face
Krick, Natalie
2014; printed 2019
Her Dreams Are True (Julia Bad Boy)
Her Dreams Are True (Julia Bad Boy)
Red Star, Wendy
2021
As you may have noticed, like most Life Magazine photo journalists I often used my family as models. Starting with their mom, they were all beautiful. One of my good clients was the national Blue Cross association. I did perhaps a dozen health booklets and several ads for them. For one of my illustrations of ambulance care- I used Florence who cheerfully, if uncomfortably, registered pain in a seemingly speeding ambulance (moving several feet in my driveway!)
As you may have noticed, like most Life Magazine photo journalists I often used my family as models. Starting with their mom, they were all beautiful. One of my good clients was the national Blue Cross association. I did perhaps a dozen health booklets and several ads for them. For one of my illustrations of ambulance care- I used Florence who cheerfully, if uncomfortably, registered pain in a seemingly speeding ambulance (moving several feet in my driveway!)
Shay, Arthur
n.d.; printed 2014
Untitled from 1/8 Bravo Marines during the November 2004 battle for Fallujah
Untitled from 1/8 Bravo Marines during the November 2004 battle for Fallujah
Gilbertson, Ashley
2004, printed 2006
Untitled (sculpture of legs)
Untitled (sculpture of legs)
Medková, Emila
n.d.
Untitled
Untitled
Davidson, Bruce
Author Nelson Algren, a great friend of the family, visited often. He was Harmon’s godfather, and at Harmon’s birth wrote Florence a postcard from California advising her to warn the kid “never to eat at a place called Mom’s, never to play poker with a guy named Doc, and never to sleep with a woman who has more troubles than your own.” Advice he never took for himself. Especially rule 3.
Author Nelson Algren, a great friend of the family, visited often. He was Harmon’s godfather, and at Harmon’s birth wrote Florence a postcard from California advising her to warn the kid “never to eat at a place called Mom’s, never to play poker with a guy named Doc, and never to sleep with a woman who has more troubles than your own.” Advice he never took for himself. Especially rule 3.
Shay, Arthur
c. 1960; printed 2014
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