I came across this idea while researching Portraiture, I found that the mass media uses the same models over and over again, you know them by face value, their superficial identity is all that keeps them going. One of the tasks I did in my workbook was defacing a magazine photo shoot, with Kate Moss. To me, she is nothing without her "looks" and the time is coming when people will only associate models with their face value, and to the point where they will become nameless human coat-hangers.
I decided to portray my opinion/take on "the mass media identity crisis" using photography, because it's commonly used by the mass media as a tool, and I feel repetition is a powerful thing when used properly.
My images are subtle, I used the typical high-fashion photo shoot idea, modeling what everyone seems to wear these days.
In the starting image, the facial features are clearer, she is her own image.
Gradually, the features on the model's face disappear, which symbolizes the lack of identity due to repetition of images in mass media.
3 images, two sets, 6 images in total
repeated 64 or more times
I alternate the patterns to show that mass media comes in different forms, but the aim of the content remains the same, to widely stretch an image or a product, eventually it loses all meaning.
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