MASK (4/15)

In this photographic series, the image of the face becomes a playground for questioning identity and self-perception. By wearing a photographic mask representing my own face, deliberately imperfectly cropped, I create a break from the traditional representation of portraiture. This mask, both me and other than me, is superimposed on my real body, creating a shift, a distortion, a movement frozen in the moment.

This device allows me to question the fixity of the image and introduce dynamics into an otherwise static photograph. The boundaries between appearance and reality blur, revealing a tension between the visible and the hidden, between the frame and what lies beyond it. The viewer's eye oscillates between recognition and strangeness, confronted with a face that is both familiar and altered.

This work is also an intimate reflection on my Franco-Japanese identity. The use of masks—a recurring element in many cultures, particularly in Japan—echoes this duality, this shifting identity construction where different influences coexist and reshape themselves. The mask doesn't conceal here; it reveals in a different way. It doesn't freeze, it sets things in motion. It doesn't separate, it superimposes.

Through this minimalist staging, I seek to shake up our reference points, to transform a still image into a vibrant presence, and to question the way we construct ourselves through what we show—or hide—from others.