According to the feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, “the male figure cannot bear the burden of sexual objectification.” How do women photograph men? A search through The New Yorker’s photography library provided some answers. Here’s a selection of images that seem to flip the paradigm.





1 / 13 Chevron Chevron JoAnn Verburg, “Untitled (Ceausescu/Nap)” (1990). Courtesy of Pace/Macgill Gallery