The Hammershøi Photographs: The Artist’s Wife

Leslie Hossack dedicated AT HOME: Hammershøi to Ida. She appears in the book spreads below. Hossack writes: “I believe Ida’s role has been underrepresented. Of the 46 Hammershøi interiors I photographed in Canada and Europe, 30 reveal Ida. She is usually seen from behind, wearing a long black dress, with only the nape of her neck exposed. Vilhelm’s tender treatment of the nape of his wife’s neck reveals an exquisite vulnerability – his or hers?”

  • 01 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 44, 45 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 44, 45
  • 02 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 46, 47 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 46, 47
  • 03 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 48, 49 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 48, 49
  • 04 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 52, 53 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 52, 53
  • 05 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 54, 55 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 54, 55
  • 06 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 56, 57 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 56, 57
  • 07 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 58, 59 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 58, 59
  • 08 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 60, 61 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 60, 61
  • 09 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 62, 63 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 62, 63
  • 10 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 64, 65 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 64, 65
  • 11 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 68, 69 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 68, 69
  • 12 AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 70, 71 by Leslie Hossack
    AT HOME, Hammershøi, p 70, 71