10/06/2026
âPortrait in Yellowâ is in Birmingham for Royal Birmingham Society of Artists' Summer Show.
Challenging conventional ideas of portrait photography, the work asks what truly defines identity. Using body language, colour and rhythm to evoke a sense of the individual, it aligns with the âfacelessâ portraits in contemporary figurative art.
The irony doesnât escape me: that she is being posted on social media, a platform that is becoming so intertwined in our sense of self that the virtual identity is taking over. The selfie, with its repetitive gestures, forms, framing and filters is homogenising our individuality, creating shallow, static reductions of identity.
Even though she is a self-portrait, "Portrait In Yellow" is a liminal body in movement, intended to evade definition and capture.
Edition: 10
Archival Print on 308 PhotoRag
86 x 59cm
The Summer Show runs from 18th June to 1st August 2026.
