"Veil of Ignorance" is an on-going project inspired by John Rawls, who discussed the concept in his book "A Theory of Justice".

 

The veil of ignorance is a method of determining the morality of a certain issue based upon a thought experiment, which is described by Rawls as :"Imagine that you have set for yourself the task of developing a totally new social contract for today’s society. How could you do so fairly? Although you could never actually eliminate all of your personal biases and prejudices, you would need to take steps at least to minimize them."

 

Rawls suggests that you imagine yourself in an original position behind a veil of ignorance. Behind this veil, you know nothing of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individual tastes. Behind such a veil of ignorance all individuals are simply specified as rational, free, and morally equal beings. You do know that in the “real world”, however, there will be a wide variety in the natural distribution of natural assets and abilities, and that there will be differences of sex, race, and culture that will distinguish groups of people from each other

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The thought process is considered using photography as a medium. A veil is being used to portray the concept and the photographer is mirrored in the picture. It is an exercise of self-knowledge,a γνῶθι σεαυτόν (know thyself).