The Obscured Face
Who are you? Are you the person people think you are, or do you hide your "true" identity behind a metaphorical mask? How much of yourself do you reveal to others? What's behind your walls?
Whether you choose to openly reveal or to maintain your secrets, your identity is one of your more precious possessions. In this era of digital information sharing and hyper surveillance, our private self becomes more and more a public self.
Portrait photography makes this unspoken claim to reveal the inner self. Do you agree? How do we know that? What happens when you hide the information that the face presents? Is it still a portrait? Consider these questions when you investigate creative ways to hide the face.
For inspiration-
Mummenschanz
Nick Cave
365 Layers of Makeup
Whether you choose to openly reveal or to maintain your secrets, your identity is one of your more precious possessions. In this era of digital information sharing and hyper surveillance, our private self becomes more and more a public self.
Portrait photography makes this unspoken claim to reveal the inner self. Do you agree? How do we know that? What happens when you hide the information that the face presents? Is it still a portrait? Consider these questions when you investigate creative ways to hide the face.
For inspiration-
Mummenschanz
Nick Cave
365 Layers of Makeup