construct yourself
10.2025
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This series looks at the different versions of the self that appear across social settings. Through images made at work, school, with friends, and alone, the project traces how identity shifts depending on place, performance, and perception.
Installed with mirrors, the work reflects the viewer back into the piece, suggesting that the self is never seen in only one way. No matter how carefully we try to present ourselves, our image remains unstable, fragmented, and open to interpretation.
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The work grew from an interest in how self-representation changes when it moves between private life, social spaces, and the camera. Thinking through Karen Navarro’s work, this series considers the role of social media, photography, and performance in shaping how we understand ourselves and how we try to be understood by others. Each image becomes a version of the self: one made for work, for school, for friendship, for being alone, or for being seen.
The mirrored installation extends this instability by refusing to keep the viewer outside of the work. As the photographs are reflected, interrupted, and multiplied, the self becomes harder to fix in one place. The project is less about finding an “authentic” version of myself and more about recognizing that identity is always shifting, shaped by context, perception, and the people looking back.
