FASHION AS AN IDENTITY
By Benjamin Turgel
By Benjamin Turgel
(Text taken from publication http://www.gossipdrip.com/fashion-as-an-identity.html)
Have you ever thought about how fashion represents identity? Stereotypically, fashion can represent all genres of people; dark, Gothic clothes automatically subject a person to a mysterious and reserved persona, and a tracksuit and baseball cap brands you as a ‘chav’.
Benjamin Turgel defies this idea through photography. Surely the beauty of fashion is that it is ever changing, and not something that can be set in stone?
Fashion is random; it’s uncertain. How boring would the world be if we all looked and acted the same?
By using pre-production photography skills* whereby the outcome of the shot is random, alongside some fantastic subjects styled by Renaissance Hairdressers and Smink Makeup to showcase his ideas, Benjamin has highlighted that fashion, as an identity, is fluid.
Have you ever thought about how fashion represents identity? Stereotypically, fashion can represent all genres of people; dark, Gothic clothes automatically subject a person to a mysterious and reserved persona, and a tracksuit and baseball cap brands you as a ‘chav’.
Benjamin Turgel defies this idea through photography. Surely the beauty of fashion is that it is ever changing, and not something that can be set in stone?
Fashion is random; it’s uncertain. How boring would the world be if we all looked and acted the same?
By using pre-production photography skills* whereby the outcome of the shot is random, alongside some fantastic subjects styled by Renaissance Hairdressers and Smink Makeup to showcase his ideas, Benjamin has highlighted that fashion, as an identity, is fluid.