fourworlds

Uglification 01. The creation of idealized public depictions of ourselves is no longer just for supermodels, politicians and personal ads. Today, we don’t think twice about using Photoshop or sites like Picnik or Makeup Photo to create profile pictures that smooth our complexions, hide the bags under our eyes or take twenty pounds from our apparent weight. I do it myself.

As an exercise in being more conscious about my own tendency to strategically represent myself in a favorable light, I decided to start a little conceptual art project capturing myself in various unflattering images. Here’s the first edition, created on an iPhone.