The societal/cultural issue is the legacy and impact of COVID-19. Considering its significant impact on the world, I want to use my photographs to reflect how the public health crisis was also, to some, a mental health crisis and, to all, a period of difficulty and trouble.
The portrayal of identity that I how to achieve is of one’s suppression of identity, where one’s identity is restricted or limited because of the pandemic. I want to hint at how behind the mask, behind the surface, people are inherently more complex with varying mental states, all of which may just be hidden behind the mask and hidden within one’s internal walls. I want to express people’s deeper internal emotions, how people are much more mixed and different than who they inherently are on the surface.