Portraits

This is a series of work in which i have photographed different people from diffrent areas of lahore.Im distinguishing each of them by the way they are dressed.The portraits are of the clothes they wear, which talk about identity, gender, age, class without the visibility of the face which is usually an integral part of a portrait.In this series the clothes act as identifying objects of induviduals.I am using the technique of embroidery on fabric .It is a technique which is very female oriented in its nature.I wanted to celebrate those clothes, rather than the face which is usually celebrated... the given techinique allows me to give it life and show the intricacy ,detail the amount of time to show the level at which clothes respond to us visually even in our everyday lives..