A Room of One’s Own

Artist Julia Callon’s Houses of Fiction project is freaking awesome. She’s designed dioramas inspired by famous female characters in classic literature. Each diorama has two images–one representing the “passive, subservient woman” and the other representing the “madness”–in order to reflect the conflicting ideas of womanhood in these novels. I especially like her take on The Yellow Wallpaper:

Make sure to check out the full set of photographs on Callon’s website.

(image: Julia Callon)(via The Atlantic)

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