My ongoing project ‘End of Their Strands’ is to see how far I can go using a camera to capture human hair. Through the naked eye we see wonders all around us, but we cannot see what’s closest to us.
My images target at getting as close as possible to the strands of hair we can’t see naturally, so using a Phase One camera I have captured the photographic seeing of human hair.
These images go from beauty to disgust and make an unnatural seeing for the viewer, but they show the beauty of hair and show what you can’t see everyday. I have used seven models for this project and looked at the different colours, textures and styles of hair to photograph.
My photographic project doesn’t just look at the beautification of hair but also to show hair in a way that isn’t always pleasing to look at and in ways you could find uncomfortable to view. Using the macro and microscopic photographic techniques, challenges culturally dominant tropes of hair signifying beauty or virility, End of Their Strands, offers an alternative means to look at and explore the complex relationship we have with our hair.
End of Their Strands, May, 2020
