masquerade

The Masquerade series began during the first lockdown of the pandemic as I struggled with what felt like our world falling apart. It started as my personal outlet for expression, using a sense of humour and my camera to tackle something I couldn’t express in words.

Along the way, the distortion and contrast of identities in the portraits sparked intimate conversations with my subjects about age, race, gender, self and community. The potential of these visual juxtapositions to shift perspectives of identity became clear and the book evolved as an opportunity to step into each other’s shoes and see behind someone else’s mask.

At a time when the concept of wearing a mask to protect ourselves physically, as a community, had become a global, political debate, these images and personal stories turn the questions inwards and create necessary discourse about identity, community, judgement and perspective.