Negative Space

N E G A T I V E

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S P A C E

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you, as the reader will filter through these people who i have s h o t w i t h b l a n k e y e s , s c a n n i n g f o r a f a c e , a p e r s o n a l i t y, a m i n d t o judge upon. realise your own biases and recognise that you try to feel empty spaces. these people do not have faces and i wish to exemplify the way we try to make up someone with their visual aspects.

This magazine aims to showcase what aspects make up an individual and how we try and make up a whole through the limited i n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d t o u s u p o n f i r s t g l a n c e . Yo u w i l l n o t i c e n o one has their face shown explicitly to the camera. I want you to create a picture of the model through your own perspective and visualise their elements based upon the information and editing given. I have carefully curated a set of 4 interviews, included with p e r s o n a l i s e d e d i t i n g a n d w i t h t h e m o d e l ’s o w n h a n d w r i t t e n a n swers.

Tr y t o n o t s e e t h e s e p e o p l e a s f i t t i n g b o x e s o r a n a r c h e t y p e b u t r a t h e r a s a p e r s o n o f o r i g i n a l i t y . Yo u a r e t h e v i e w e r , t h e p u b l i c , t h e e y e o f t h e b e h o l d e r. Us e y o u r o w n i d e a s , t h o u g h t s , b i a s e s , preconceived theories and so forth as a way of interpreting this piece. Become aware of the human ability to try and create a full i m a g e , o r a p p r e c i a t e t h e ‘ l a c k t h e r e o f ’. I h o p e I h a v e b e e n a b l e t o e n u n c i a t e t h a t i d e n t i t y i s f l u i d a n d e v e r - c h a n g i n g . E n j o y.

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CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS

tiffany truong

alexandra solomos

thanku for your help. i couldn’t have done it without you.

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hannhi ngo

ella watt

edited, produced, shot by kim vy ngo

thank you.