Blemished Faces

• Prize
• Photographer
  BlackDog Wu, Taiwan
• Studio
  MuMu

These photos are a reflection on the currently popular images of
(female) faces. Of course there is nothing wrong with taking pictures
of female faces; it’s a valid subject of photography. However, the
moment these photos only serve to objectify and utilize women, we
are dealing with a sick, twisted way of telling us what to find beautiful!
It’s as if you’re only worthy of having you’re picture taken if you have a
pretty face and a stunning body. However, all these images of
gorgeous women rarely reveal anything about their subject’s
personality or individual quirks. There is no sense of an actual human
being, only an empty facede of “beauty”! That’s why I decided to
deconstruct, to de-face and reassemble my images of women’s
countenances, to subject them to a process of pastiche, collage, and
ironic distancing. Let’s see what’s left of the images after all that! Are
they blemished? Or more genuine?

Awards Series of 2014 Shin Kong Mitsukoshi International Photography Exhibition : Special Jury Award