I Hate My Haircut

Despite this being a personal project, the identity crisis is known to be a common experience with people entering adulthood and ‘I Hate My Haircut’ is a satirical take on how we perceive ourselves during this time.

This project has been based on my own diaries over the past three years and have taken words I have written about myself to inspire distorted self portraits. These portraits aim to reflect what I believe I look like which are contrasted in this project with images taken by those close to me.

My images subvert beauty standards and show honest depictions of what young men and women do to fit into the ridiculous standards set up for us. Whilst the themes of this project can appeal to others and not just myself, it has let me understand that it is okay to not fit in or know exactly who I am or want to be just yet, and everyone (at least once) hates their haircut!