LAURA AGUILAR – BODY AND LANDSCAPE

Posted on 2026-08-24

Drawing from works created between the late 1980s and the early 2000s, the exhibition highlights Aguilar’s deeply personal approach to photography, where the body becomes both subject and site of meaning.

Aguilar’s images place her own figure within the arid terrains of Southern California and the Southwest, transforming these landscapes into spaces of reflection and affirmation. Rather than presenting nature as a distant or sublime backdrop, she engages it as an extension of the self. Her body, often positioned in quiet dialogue with rocks, sand, and open horizons, resists conventional ideals of beauty and visibility, asserting instead a presence grounded in vulnerability and strength.

Opposite – Grounded #106, 2006–2007

Exhibition runs through to August 29th, 2026

The Huntington
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino
CA 91108

www.huntington.org