“We’re warned about identity theft, but how far can this go?”
– Megan Walden
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| Photo: © Megan Walden 2013 |
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| Photo: © Megan Walden 2013 |
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As promised, we have some brilliant new student work for you
this week! Megan Walden is currently working on a series of self-portraits, in
which she performs as a number of famous women, evoking both their look and
personality, by mimicking iconic poses and facial expressions.
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| Photo: © Megan Walden 2013 |
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In this series, Megan questions the solidity of identity,
asking that if we can steal credit card details and passwords, can we not also “steal
someone else’s ‘image’ and their representation of themselves?”
More broadly speaking, the work is a comment on our appetite for instantly recognisable celebrities and public figures. In these portraits, Megan reflects our desire for iconic images of iconic faces, exploring the nature of identity while also, of course, having a great time playing dress-up.
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| Photo: © Megan Walden 2013 |
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Megan Walden is a second year Photography student at Southampton Solent University. To see more of her work, you can (and should!) visit her
Flickr page.
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