Thursday, May 26, 2011

A Vicarious View Statement

Identity is the state or factor that defines oneself as an individual. I am interested in objectifying identity through environmental portraiture of people wearing masks that represent their lives or an aspect of their lives within their environments. I am also interested in the viewer vicariously peering into the lives of people within this series.

In this series I asked various college students to think about what objects reflect who they are or an attribute of their life, and to wear it as a mask or hold it up in front of their faces. The compositions are precisely considered and constructed to where the focus is on the people and yet they become part of their environments.

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