Loss Collages

The collages began by selecting advertisements from high fashion magazines such as vogue; using fashion brand names such as Chanel, Louis Viton and Dior. The brand names that I chose are a used a statements of status, they represent among other things; style, culture, chic, elegance, influence and luxury. They are used to elevate social status within the elite group. People who wear these rely on the brand name and its signifiers to define them as a person. When creating this collage I physically removed all identifying features of each of the models faces, this portrays the loss of self, personality and identity. I also used multiple faces and built up the final image by blending each of the faces seamlessly into one another so as to further remove the identifier that one relies to separate you from the rest of the people that you walk among.