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"The hidden instinct"

A lobster, hung on a red net, carries within itself multi-layered symbolism. Once despised, feeding the poorest, today elevated to the rank of luxury. A lobster has become a metaphor of the transformation of values, showing how culture is able to transform something low into an object of desire. The net separates and, at the same time, exhibits; it does not allow you to touch, but forces you to look. It is a story about the tension between control and desire, instinct. A woman does not only observe; she confronts herself with her own nature. This image is a story about desire, curiosity, but also unease toward one's own impulses and weaknesses.

A lobster, hung on a red net, carries within itself multi-layered symbolism. Once despised, feeding the poorest, today elevated to the rank of luxury. A lobster has become a metaphor of the transformation of values, showing how  culture is able  to transform something low into an object of desire. The net separates and, at the same time, exhibits; it does not allow you to touch, but forces you to look. 
It is  a story about the tension between control and desire, instinct. A woman does not  only observe; she confronts herself with her  own nature. 
This image is a story about desire, curiosity, but also unease toward one's own impulses and weaknesses.