Armed Forces is a collaborative work between photographer Alex van Gelder and the legendary sculptor Louise Bourgeois, presented as a suite of eighteen gelatin silver prints housed in an artist's portfolio box. The photographs are displayed in frames chosen by Bourgeois herself, underscoring her direct involvement in shaping the work's final form and intimate atmosphere. Together, the artists explore themes of power, vulnerability, and the body, weaving van Gelder's lens-based practice into the broader emotional and psychological world that defined Bourgeois's extraordinary career.