Description

The title of the photograph, which is based on Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting of Judith Slaying Holofernes, c. 1614-20, suggests a different slant than the biblical version. Viewing the violent act before us, it is not hard to imagine Judith, traditionally seen as a heroine, as the fanatic, “a person exhibiting excessive enthusiasm and intense uncritical devotion toward some controversial matter (as in religion or politics).”