Fractured Identities

Self-portrait

Raw and unedited image

The bags under my eyes are Chanel

How I truly am under my glasses

Enhancement?

PortraitPro Software was used to enhance each image incrementally

Make me more appealing for Instagram

I asked photo editors and retouchers around the world to enhance my portrait to make it "more appealing for Instagram"

The edits are from (left to right, top to bottom):

Top row: ORIGINAL / CANADA / INDIA / MEXICO

2nd row: CHINA / CALIFORNIA / INDIA / HUNGARY

3rd row: VIETNAM / TEXAS / INDIA / NEW YORK

Bottom row: LONDON / BANGLADESH / AUSTRALIA / INDIA

The contour tribe

To consider the current trend of contouring and sharing the process and finished product online, I chose to apply different contouring to my face and use the images to create a tribal image

Lash obsession

Mirroring the obsessive nature of selfies. These images are not digitally enhanced, but instead are of me wearing many different pairs of false lashes in around 90 minutes. I set out to achieve 9 images, but became obsessed with creating a bigger and bigger picture. I only gave up when my eyelids were so stuck together that it hurt to free them.

The mask of divine proportion 

(Marquardt Beauty Mask)

The “golden ratio” proportions are found throughout nature. Dr Marquardt carried out research that lead him to develop a mask that defined a mathematical beauty code for the human face. In this image I take the mask, apply it to my face and then edit my face in Photoshop to make it conform to the mask. The resultant image is in the bottom lefthand corner.

FIMUP003/FIMUP008/FIMUP009/FIMUP016/ FIMUP019/FIMUP021/FIMUP026/FIFLA002/ FIFLA006/MANIP

An eyelash obsession image edited to the maximum.

The image name is created from the makeup reference numbers in the supporting booklet.