Personae
Personae is not a blog, it’s the 2009/2010 series of pictures taken by artist Albrecht Tübke in Florence. So when better than after the first day of Pitti Immagine Uomo to investigate how one presents his or her individual identity in the mass confusion of urban stereotypes? The individuals show their choice of stance and gaze embody their own multifaceted public persona, which exists to mask or accentuate individual identity.
Tübke‘s portraits employ a neutral background of street and wall as a stage for personal expression and also a conceptual framework documenting aspects of contemporary Europe. As the artist has stated:
I want to show people from a variety of different backgrounds, as I am interested in the range of ways in which people present their public face. Through constant exposure to the multitude of public personae with which we are presented, we have become anaesthetised to the range of individuals that surround us. In this project, I am attempting to distil something of the essence of that individual.
This artistic research can really be a useful and meaningful stop or alternative in between many personal blogs, specially if you look and check at them many times a week. It is like a pause key for your eyes. I am ridiculously used to just check trends and styles in pictures on blogs or magazines that at the end all have the same look; and this for sometimes you tend to forget that clothing should be all about personality and should take you beyond the surface.
I really appreciate Tübke’s work and I find it very appropriate. Check his site to start adventures into other human categories if you need a longer pause after your Italian Journey .
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