LISA TOMASETTI: The Manifest

‘The Manifest’ reflects on gender identity and the role contemporary digital photographic portraiture plays in the representation of the ‘female’ image.

Does it capture or construct sexual identity?

In this series I respond to historic, costumed representations of ‘authentic‘ gender by first establishing the constancy and indifference of clouds. Utopia and dystopia symbolically collide to present an alternative vision of the future of gender constructs and limitations; celebrating the power of portraiture to deconstruct stereotypes and explore new ways of capturing sexual identity in photographic form.

~ Lisa Tomasetti 2024