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Adriana Duque's photographic images allude to tableux traditions that include the backdrops used by nineteenth century commercial portraitists. Adriana’s photographs play with the idea of endless childhood, complemented by elements borrowed from rural contexts. The artist has developed the use of photographic scenes that address feminine adolescent identity using borderline narratives. Although Duque´s work seems not to explicitly address psychosexual issues, the lost innocence of these girls is made evident in manifestations of early maturity. In her latest project, presented at Photo London; "All that tries to reveal itself", Duque's famous princesses abandon their sumptuous golden crowns to adorn themselves with subtle plant-inspired membranes covered in light and translucent fabrics that shelter small and fragile fragments of a still-living nature. A fabric of energy that connects them and also isolates them; they both protect and trap the fragility of women’s existence.