AlterEgo project

To use photography to explore and challenge conventional ideas of self representation. Use photography to reveal the multifaceted nature of identity. Delve into the deeper layers of self-identity and creativity.

Keeping with my personal work on the theme of identity I selected photos that could be used to depict loss of identity and how this can affect how others perceive you.

1. Hidden facial features, removes the memorable features that enable you to recognise people. Makes the person behind the mask ‘faceless’, losing their identity.

2. Defaced identity document, removes the official identity.

3. Hiding behind a hand or hands, covering up and seeking to become invisible

4. Faceless and totally unidentifiable

5. Hiding behind a prop. Using items of clothing that would not normally be worn by the person creates confusion in the eyes of the viewer, potentially stripping the individual of their known/usual personality

To finalise the project I decided to use the same image multiple times within one photograph. This leads the viewer to question why there are so many duplications of the same person, all identical. Although the picture shows a smiling face, which could suggest a normal happy structured life it actually represents the loss of individuality, the very thing that makes us uniquely human.

Additional self portrait images. Work from other classes demonstrates the interchangeability of ideas within all of the art and design disciplines.