Identity – the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
A photograph resembles the likeness of what appeared before the lens. So, in the case of a profile picture, family album or mug shot, identity is based on the repetition of sameness that is evidenced by the image produced by the camera. Typical ways of expressing our identity include our choice of hairstyles, clothing, and make-up through to marks on our bodies including paint, tattoos, scars and piercings. Other aspects of identity such as language, race, ethnicity, religion and occupation are also powerful markers of cultural identity.
Gender identity – an individual’s personal sense of having a particular gender.
Cultural identity – cultural identity refers to identification with, or sense of belonging to, a particular group based on various cultural categories, including nationality, ethnicity, race, gender, and religion
Social identity – social identity is the portion of an individual’s self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group.
Geographical identity – an individual or group’s sense of attachment to the country, region, city, or village in which they live.
Political identity – is a political approach wherein people of a particular gender, religion, race, social background, social class or other identifying factors, develop political agendas that are based upon these identities.
Claude Cahun:
Claude Cahun was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer. Schwob adopted the pseudonym Claude Cahun in 1914. Cahun is best known as a writer and self-portraitist, who assumed a variety of performative personae. Cahun’s work is both political and personal.
More information on Claude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Cahun
Examples of her work:
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Henry Hargreaves:
- Henry Hargreaves born 1979 is a Brooklyn-based artist and food photographer.
Examples of his work:
