All portraits for Tomboy were contructed on the BLKA (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt – Bavarian federal state criminal investigation bureau) police computer‘s facial-ID program on the basis of the description of photographes of the women by Michaela Melián.
Since this program operates exclusivly with male facial types and features these portraits are only constructed out of male facial components.

Tomboy (Tamara Bunke), 1994Hand print on paper/wallPhoto: Michaela Melián

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Tomboy (Tamara Bunke)
1994 Hand print on paper/wall
Photo: Michaela Melián

Tomboy, 1995
Drawings and felt object, installation view, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Photo: Heiner Blum

Tomboy, 1995

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Tomboy, 1995
Ink on Paper, 40 x 30 cm
Photo: Wilfried Petzi