“Perhaps the best way to approach Beckman’s work from the 1980s is often a photograph, she does not consider herself a photographer; her scenarios are not in the tradition of photojournalism or fine-art photography; her images are not computer-generated although their color, crispness, and accessibility often give them a comparable high-tech vividness and immediacy. A black background space is characteristic of her style. Visions often seem like stop-frames from longer narratives. Scenes that at first appear playful and disarming may operate on different levels, just as fairy tales and toys can reflect cultural mores as well as individual desires…”
