/ 2016 / Fine Art / People_FA

de:re:construction

  • Photographer
    Matthew Dols, United Arab Emirates

We work to create the best representation of ourselves every day,
while removing the parts of ourselves that do not allow us to live
the life for which we believe we are destined. Change is inevitably
part of this process - retaining parts of ourselves that we value
and removing parts of ourselves that we are not very proud of is at
the heart of the human experience.

When we go through our lives, we change over time. Experiences
are added and some forgotten, and they are all summed up in the
persona we are on any given day.

In this work I am attempting to wipe away negative aspects of
people's personalities and physical attributes. This is to enable us
to appreciate how a person truly perceives themselves and how
they are perceived by the world around them.