Ellen Von Unwerth: After After Party

Von Unwerth photographs people caught in the moments right after—makeup smudged, defenses down, that strange transparency that comes when you think no one’s watching anymore. There’s an intimacy to her work that never feels like violation, more like she’s noticed something true about you that was already there. ’After After Party’ probably documents exactly that: the exhaustion and desire underneath the performance, the moment when the facade really does slip.