Reframed

“Reframed” a collaborative collage project exploring the relationship between representation and identity.

In the fashion industry, a model’s image is influenced by several forces- photographers, clients, agents, and social media. For many this began when their career did, in adolescence. “Reframed” is an opportunity to reflect on one’s various representations, their relationship to the way one thinks of themselves, and the opportunity to reclaim the power over their representation.

Images are drawn from various sources - work, friends, and family - each a different lens through which they are viewed. Models are asked to pick the parts of these images that feel “true” to them, in order to create a self portrait that is an honest reflection of who they are.