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SHAINY VILO

Ambiguous

A fun, experimental exploration of fluidity and ambiguity, Ambiguous is a 12-image project taking inspiration from the playful, ever-changing expression of Jules, the model. These portraits explore how expression is fuelled by identity, for them, as a genderqueer person of both Afro Latin and Asian descent. Celebrating the simplicity of something that is often so over complicated, somebody who lives within the intersection of so many identities – along with the general complexities of human emotion, and how this too directs how we present ourselves to the world. Presented in their humanness, a recognisable figure, something commercialised, yet still confusing, still something that is the centre of debate, an identity that cannot be binary – Ambiguous highlights the other, embracing the joy and normality of fluid expression.

Jules 2021
Jules 2021
Jules 2021
Jules 2021
Jules 2021