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Collaboration with Marcel Moore / Influence of Lesbianism on A
Cahun and Moore collaborated together frequently, though this often goes unrecognized. It is believed that Moore was often the person standing behind the camera during Cahun's portrait shootings.

Cahun was one of the only female surrealists to not have a creative or romantic relationship with a male surrealist.

Many of Cahun's portraits feature her looking directly at the viewer,

Her shaved head, frequent cropping of her portraits to only leave her head and shoulders (eliminating her body from view), and mix of masculine and feminine dress and behavior in her art take away the (presumably male) viewer's ability to see her as a conventionally attractive subject.

With the majority of the photographs attributed to Cahun coming from a personal collection, not one meant for public display, it makes Cahun's interaction with the viewer