Portrait of a postcard
[ Portrait d’une carte postale ]
The Marilyn postcard (front), 2025. © Rachael Woodson
Reflecting on physical traces marking the surface of a found postcard of Marilyn Monroe, photographed by Richard Avedon in 1957, the essay moves beyond a single interpretive framework of the image to identify and unfold multiple narratives embedded within it.
Published in Afterimage by Objektiv Press, September 2026 (English), and in Entre-Temps, February 2026 (French).