Portraits

"Portraits" is a project that challenges the traditional notion of portraiture as a mimetic representation of a subject’s likeness.
After an open call to find the participants, each participant was invited to collect strands of hair lost during everyday gestures over several weeks.
At the same time, they were asked to choose an object that felt personally representative of their identity, without being required to explain their selection.
This approach was meant to preserve the freedom and autonomy of the choice. The selected objects were photographed and printed on canvas using UV printing.
Once the hair collections were received, they were carefully sewn onto the corresponding canvases creating hybrid portraits that blend material trace, personal symbolism, and photographic representation.