Clara Jeanne Reed is an artist, historian, and performer based in Manhattan. Her work revolves around self-portraiture, where she uses photography to abstract her own body. As someone who has often had a dissociative relationship with the body, it is through self-portraiture that she attempts to soothe the disconnect between body and mind. She implements an experimental approach to photography, incorporating mixed media and a direct manipulation of the image as an investigation into self-representation, an exercise in autonomy, and an inquiry into dysmorphia.