Persona
Persona
Is Persona the way others perceive us? Or is it the way we perceive ourselves?
This project allowed me to explore my perceptions of other people, while also giving them a chance to express themselves. I took portraits in locations I associate with each subject – whether or not these spaces have any personal relevance to their identities. Although it was to some degree a collaborate process, I deliberately posed each subject in ways that express the images, thoughts, and emotions that pop up in my head when I think of him or her.
I asked each subject to lend me a few objects that while small say something about him or herself. I asked the subjects to choose these objects independently, without any necessary connection to the portraits I took. I hoped, in some small way, to change my role from that of an artist with an agenda to that of a more neutral documentarian.
