I had an exhibition called 'Still Life' on Tuesday 8th March 2016 alongside two other photographers and a videographer.

We all had our own interpretation of the theme and mine was based on the trend 'Normcore' which demonstrates that style can easily exist away from trends, catwalks and high price tags. The movement is based on non branded clothing first coined by New York Magazine. It is a very contemporary, modern outlook on fashion and in a way, timeless.
I find it quite ironic how the Normcore trend started out as an ‘anti-fashion’ movement because the fashion industry had become highly saturated with branding and it was formed from trying to be ‘normal’ and not stand out, however it’s now become a popular fashion trend that is based on good colour pallets and styling.
As well as the contemporary fashion trend I wanted to explore the condition depersonalisation which is ‘a state in which one’s thoughts and feelings seem unreal or not to belong to oneself’. The element of the mask covering the person’s face creates a loss of identity and you are unable to distinguish a person’s thoughts or emotions. You are only able to see the highlighted bone structure of the face being the eye sockets, nose and top lip which adds to the mystery of the shoot. The mask also represents the lost soul of the person and shows how this condition leaves you detached from yourself. The mask acts as a symbol for the disorder and to an outsider, seems silly and can be easily taken off, however to an insider, they are trapped and blinded by a world that has become dark and surreal.