Behind Closed Doors

LEVEL 3 EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN CREATIVE PRACTICE (PHOTOGRAPHY)

This project explores how two sides of the same person interact with the world around them. One is the subject's public persona, which does its best to avoid public embarrassment, and the other is the private persona that is safe and secure, feeling free from the pressures of fitting in. The visual narrative is told from a point-of-view perspective with the camera at times covertly invading the space, showing the public persona aware of being photographed, and the private persona convinced it is alone. The photographs allow the mannerisms of these two personas to be freely expressed and compared, making a point about how things on the face of it may not always be as they seem.