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The Eruv
Sophie Calle
1996
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French photographer and conceptual artist Sophie Calle is best known for works combining texts and photographs to explore emotional life and human relationships. Her voyeuristic techniques include following a stranger through the streets of Paris and photographing him, and hiring a private detective to follow and photograph her. Calle’s work has been exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Centre Georges Pompidou; the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. She lives in Paris.
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