Mous Lamrabat, X-Rated#1, 2017

This visually sumptuous image is the work of Morocco-born photographer Mous Lamrabat, the subject of a new exhibition at Foam, Amsterdam. Lamrabat has “previously stated a desire to create a utopia in which people are loved and loveable, no matter their background or interests,” explains Emily Steer in a new feature shining a spotlight on this work, titled X-Rated#1, for Elephant. “The figure is without a face or any discernable expression, but her pose radiates a powerful confidence,” Steer reflects on Lamrabat’s delicately swathed, sand dune-set protagonist. “She looks free and happy.” Click here to read on.